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A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. There are many such bands in the world, which play for ceremonial purposes, recreation, competition or all three. This list encompasses only notable pipe bands with their own Wikipedia page.
The band was named after, and affiliated with, the company Muirhead & Sons, a sawmill based in Grangemouth and founded by George A. Muirhead in the 1880s. [2] [3] Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band was founded in 1928, and started competing in 1932. [4] After a hiatus during World War II, the band reformed in 1946. [4]
Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band; P. Police Scotland Fife Pipe Band; R. ... The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland; V. Vale of Atholl Pipe Band This page was ...
Duncan taught Finlay MacDonald (musician), one of the first pipers to receive a BA in Scottish Music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. [2] He published three books of traditional and modern pipe music and three solo albums. [2] He was awarded the Balvenie Medal by Messrs Wm Grant & Son in 1996 for his piping achievements. [2]
Sons and Daughters [34] SOPHIE; Spirea X; Sharleen Spiteri – singer, songwriter and guitarist; Sparrow and the Workshop; Sputniks Down; Stapleton; Al Stewart; Stone the Crows; Strawberry Switchblade; Hamish Stuart of The Average White Band; The Supernaturals [35] Swanee
Lonach Pipe band, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2009 Pipes and Drums of the Irish Guards, 2009. A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. [1] The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common.
Lonach Pipe band, Edinburgh Scotland, 2009. Pipe bands are among the most recognizable forms of traditional Scottish music. Scottish folk music (also Scottish traditional music) is a genre of folk music that uses forms that are identified as part of the Scottish musical tradition. There is evidence that there was a flourishing culture of ...
Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band, Grade 3B pipe band; Karl Denver (1931–98), singer; Desalvo, metalcore band; Jimmy Deuchar (1930–93), jazz trumpeter; Sydney Devine (1940–2021) Jim Dewar (1942–2002), vocalist and bassist with Robin Trower Band and Stone The Crows; Jim Diamond; Murray Dickie (1924–1995), tenor opera singer; Barbara Dickson ...