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"Highland Cathedral" (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais na Gàidhealtachd) is a popular melody for the great Highland bagpipe. This melody was composed by German musicians Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb [ 1 ] in 1982 for a Highland games held in Germany. [ 2 ]
The great Highland bagpipe (Scottish Gaelic: a' phìob mhòr pronounced [a ˈfiəp ˈvoːɾ] lit. 'the great pipe') is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, and the Scottish analogue to the great Irish warpipes. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world.
In the late eighteenth century, partly as a reaction to the social upheavals of the Agricultural revolution and Highland Clearances that were seen as destroying the traditions and culture of the Highlands, the music of the Highland bagpipes began a revival. The Highland Society of London, formed in 1778, put an emphasis on bagpiping ...
The earliest references to bagpipes in Scotland are in a military context, and it is in that context that the Great Highland bagpipe became established in the British military and achieved the widespread prominence it enjoys today. Border pipes: also called the "Lowland bagpipe" or "reel pipes", commonly confused with smallpipes, but louder.
Bagpipe societies, such as the Glasgow-based Piobaireachd Society, have commonly employed the term piobaireachd as a synonym for ceol mor played on the Great Highland Bagpipes. [3] The term piobaireachd or pibroch is also historically employed to describe ceol mor -related repertoire played on instruments other than bagpipes, particularly the ...
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Indian bagpipe may refer to: Mashak, a bagpipe found in Northern India and Pakistan The Great Highland Bagpipe, played in some parts of India for ceremonies due to retention of some British military traditions; Titti (bagpipe), a bagpipe played in Andhra Pradesh; Sruti upanga, a bagpipe of Tamil Nadu
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