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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 ]
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 ...
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John Grant FSA Scot (11 August 1876 [1] – 25 April 1961) [2] was an amateur aficionado of the Great Highland bagpipe who, for over fifty years, composed piobaireachd and Ceòl Beag for members of the British Royal Family, important noblemen and women, and contemporary statesmen; [3] wrote and published books on the Great Highland Bagpipe and its music; [4] and taught students under the ...
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.
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.
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The National Piping Centre is an institution in Glasgow, Scotland, dedicated to the playing of the bagpipes, to include not only the Great Highland Bagpipes, but also the Scottish smallpipes and Irish uileann pipes, as well as other traditional musical instruments. The institution includes practice spaces, an auditorium, and the Museum of Piping.