Anyone interested in participating should contact Ken.ĭirty Linen magazine (Issue 43. The part is located about 25 miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina, and the camping will be authentic.
They are scheduling an upcoming 18th century Scottish encampment at the Moore’s Creek Battlefield State Park at the end of June. He is an active member of an 18th century re-enactment and living history group called The North Carolina Rangers. member, wrote in asking for more information on 18th century tunes, stories, history, instruments, etc. “This book is only somewhat useful for pipes, and is exclusively concerned with ballads, but does have the music and history of many Scots and lowland tunes, and often details of their use over the years in various London musical plays… “ There is a book which we were not aware of called The British Broadside Ballad and its Music, by Claude M. member, wrote in for those who enjoy the musicological aspect of Lowland music.
We extend our sympathies to John and his family and continue to hope for his recovery. Due to operational considerations the committee has reshuffled itself as follows: Brian McCandless – Chairman and Journal Editor Alan Jones – Overseas Advisor Mike MacNintch – General Adviser and Michele McCandless – Journal Coordinator.Īt the end of the summer, 1992, John Addison suffered a severe stroke. executive committee overwhelmingly supported the current lineup, i.e., no other nominations were offered. The nominations received for the N.A.AL.B.P. (Quotes on this page sent in by Alan Morley, N.A.AL.B.P. Strike up pipers!”įrom Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare. I’ll devise thee brave punishment for him. Most of the pipe music composed since that date has either been poor in quality or unashamed pastiche.”įrom A Pocket Guide to Scottish Culture by Maurice Lindsay. “But there is a limit to what can be done with such a narrow technical medium and by the middle of the 18th century pipe music had more or less exhausted its possibilities. Hamilton of Bangour (ca 1725) (Bellows Sketch by W. To frame the polished lock, the forge’s fires.įrom The Maid of Gallowshiels, by W. With labouring bellows thus the smith inspires. Two knit by clasps, and two by buckles bound.Ī tuneful squeeze to wake the sleeping lays. So lively frame’d they seem from earth t’ascent.įour gilded straps the artist’s arm surround: In mazy roads, the flying ring they blend,
There in the humbler mood of peace, he stands:īefore him, pleas’d are seen the dancing bands. Manson, Alexander Gardener Publisher, London, 1901. Its History, Literature and Music, by W.L. It would not then be Highland.”įrom The Highland Bagpipe. The bellows of course gets over the difficulty, but we hardly wish to see a bellows attached to the Highland Bagpipe. It would, however, be well if they would take this matter into consideration, and do something to render unnecessary that preparatory tuning which many people find so unpleasant – that is if it is possible to prevent the reeds getting wet while wet breath is blown into the instrument. Highlanders are a conservative race, and they are not willing to make any changes on their much-loved instrument. There are several contrivances in use among leading players, each generally the invention of the man who uses it, but none has come in to general favor. “… What is needed is some contrivance that will prevent this, by cooling the air before it reaches the chanter. MORE REVELATIONS ON PASTORAL PIPING, by Brian McCandless……………….25
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