![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The story of the bagpipe - Flood, William H. Grattan, (William Henry Grattan), 1859-1928 The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. Keywords: Bagpipe |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The Highland bagpipe; its history, literature, and music, with some account of the traditions, superstitions, and anecdotes relating to the instrument and its tunes - Manson, William Laird, 1869-1930 The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. Keywords: Bagpipe |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The Highland bagpipe; its history, literature, and music - Manson, William Laird, 1869-1930. [from old catalog] Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Keywords: Bagpipe Downloads: 217 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Canntaireachd : articulate music, dedicated to the Islay Association, by J.F. Campbell, Iain Ileach 14th August, 1880 - Campbell, J. F. (John Francis), 1822-1885 HM Keywords: Bagpipe music Downloads: 329 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | A collection of pibaireachd or pipe tunes : as verbally taught by the M'Crummen pipers in the Isle of Skye, to their apprentices, now published, as taken from John M'Crummen, piper to the old laird of Macleod and his grandson, the late General Macleod of Macleod .. - MacCrimmon family HM Keywords: Bagpipe music Downloads: 192 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Glen's collection for the great highland bagpipe - Glen, John Bound with: Historical sketch of the Scotch bagpipe and the Complete tutor for the great Highland bagpipe Keywords: Bagpipe music Downloads: 171 |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | static bee - king k damon techno bee bagpipe Keywords: techno; music; bagpipe Downloads: 43 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 2008-06-07 brocach bag pipes bagpipe player at Madison's Farmers Market in front of the Irish Pub - Brocach Keywords: bagpipe; madison; farmers market Downloads: 80 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | [alg002] - Fola - Berio Molina - berio molina Unha colección de pezas sonoras partindo de grabacións de campo dos diversos son producidos por unha gaita en relación co seu entorno, para nun segundo momento transformalo dentro dun entorno virtual, a través de plugins vst, instrumentos virtuais, softwares nai, softwares art... Keywords: Folk; laptop; bagpipe sounds Downloads: 5,766 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | A highlander looks back - Macpherson, Angus The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. Keywords: Bagpipers; Bagpipe music |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mist Covered Mountain Bowhill Colliery and District Pipe Band, Fife Scotland play Mist Covered Mountain (slow air) High Isles (march). The band were winners of the World Pipe Band Championship, Edinburgh, 1947. From 78 rpm disk Parlophone F.3381 CE 12012. See www.raretunes.org Keywords: Scotland; Scottish; pipe band; bagpipe Downloads: 740 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | March, Strathspey and Reel Scottish bagpipe band playing traditional music. From cylinder 23008: Edison Blue Amberol. Remastered from unedited wave file in University of California Santa Barbara Special Collection, Performing Arts - Cylinder 6978.From the www.raretunes.org archive. Keywords: Scottish; bagpipe; pipe band; strathspey Downloads: 393 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | zincrona - berio séptimo son do proxecto fola(Colección de composicións sonoras que destrozan e rexeneran o son da gaita). Frenetismo buscando o sonido antes de que apareza. Keywords: Folk; digital; laptop; bagpipe sounds Downloads: 180 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | hommage i aetern - Mika Tikka oreverb: hommage i aetern Keywords: ambient; processed bagpipe; just intonation; noise Downloads: 30 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Some reminiscences and the bagpipe - Fraser, Alexander Duncan Keywords: Bagpipe; Scotland -- Social life and customs Downloads: 486 |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tom Ennis - Irish Reels Medley No 6 - Tom Ennis Bagpiper Tom Ennis plays a medley of three traditional Irish reels - "The Maid That Left The County", "Drowsy Maggie", and "Around the World for Sport" - in this 1917 recording. From the original 78rpm disk. Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 1,187 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Cup of Tea, The Floggin' Reel - Phil Martin Irish bagpipes solo, Regal-Zonophone IZ 711. Martin was from Ballagh, Co. Fermanagh. He was a very dedicated piper, travelling far and wide to meet up with other musicians (despite being physically frail) and playing often on the radio, One person he inspired to take up the instrument was Sean MacAloon of Belfast, who taught many pipers in turn. Martin died in the late 30s at a young age. He usually played a flat set of pipes, pitch around 'C', but on this disc plays a concert 'D' set... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 243 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Tartanvision.TV #6 - Matthew Taylor The sixth episode of Tartanvision.TV features a bagpipe and drum medley by Bruce Dillon, Matt Taylor, and Don Smith, as well as a special arrangement of a Highland (Scottish) dance, "Blue Bonnets Over the Border," choreographed by Katy Dillon and performed by the West Virginia Highland Dancers. Keywords: kilt; scottish; highland; dance; tartan; vision; tartanvision; tv; bagpipe Downloads: 436 Average rating: (0 review) |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Cherish the Ladies - Tom Ennis Irish bagpipes, Gennet 5283, Harry Race - piano. Ennis has a fascinating setting of this old five part jig, said to be a composition of the famous piper Jackson. There is also a nice two part setting from Sligo as well, recorded by both Michael Coleman and his student Hughie Gillespie, called the Pathway to the Well in a tunebook published by Mayo fiddler John McGrath. Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 308 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Catching the Ghosts - Seán O'DOnnell A four-song EP, "Catching the Ghosts" was recorded mainly in January through March of 2006 by Seán O'Donnell in his Bloomington, Ind., apartment. "Sweet Dreams" begins the album and features the voice of Sarah Ciotti, an old friend of O'Donnell's. Her vocals were recorded in Seán's apartment in Pittsburgh's South Oakland neighborhood in 2001. Although a mix of the song was completed at the time, O'Donnell was never quite satisfied and re-recorded it... Keywords: Sean O'Donnell; bagpipes; bagpipe band; ethnic music Downloads: 406 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Four Courts of Dublin - Eddie Mullaney and Patrick Stack Irish bagpipes and violin, Victor 79012. Stack was from Co. Kerry, and is listed as source for many tunes in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903). Mullaney was born in Chicago, his family moving back to Co. Mayo before returning to America. Their music is a fascinating blend of Stack's somewhat mournful and wailing fiddle, and Mullaney's clean piping, full of graces and trills, very typical of pipers recorded in America at this time... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 538 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Harvest Home - Eddie Mullaney and Patrick Stack Irish bagpipes and violin, Victor 79002. Stack was from Co. Kerry, and is listed as source for many tunes in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903). Mullaney was born in Chicago, his family moving back to Co. Mayo before returning to America. Their music is a fascinating blend of Stack's somewhat mournful and wailing fiddle, and Mullaney's clean piping, full of graces and trills, very typical of pipers recorded in America at this time... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 514 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mullaney Favorite, Ladies' Pantalettes - Eddie Mullaney and Patrick Stack Irish bagpipes and violin, Victor 79012. Stack was from Co. Kerry, and is listed as source for many tunes in Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903). Mullaney was born in Chicago, his family moving back to Co. Mayo before returning to America. Their music is a fascinating blend of Stack's somewhat mournful and wailing fiddle, and Mullaney's clean piping, full of graces and trills, very typical of pipers recorded in America at this time... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 509 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Doran's Fancy, The Rambling Pitchfork - Felix Doran Irish bagpipes solo, Copley 9-194, recorded in the Moore Street studio, Dublin, 1949. Doran came from a family of travelling people; his brother Johnny was a renowned piper of phenomenal talent, who was also recorded on acetate disks two years previously. These disks were played on the radio in the late 60s and copied by fans, and became a source of inspiration for many modern pipers, showing astounding technique, imagination, and inspiration... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 607 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Pigeon on the Gate, The Congress Reel - Felix Doran Irish bagpipes solo, Copley 9-194, recorded in the Moore Street studio, Dublin, 1949. Doran came from a family of travelling people; his brother Johnny was a renowned piper of phenomenal talent, who was also recorded on acetate disks two years previously. These disks were played on the radio in the late 60s and copied by fans, and became a source of inspiration for many modern pipers, showing astounding technique, imagination, and inspiration... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 545 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Judy Hynes, Sullivan's Jig - Jimmie McLaughlin Irish bagpipes solo, Gennet 5356, Federic D. Wood - piano. As far as I know no biographical information has come to light about McLaughlin. His piping has much in common with Tom Ennis's, lively danceable music cleanly played. Both of these jigs, down to the settings and regulator accompaniment, were also recorded by Ennis; Judy Hynes Ennis called Nancy Hynes, and a setting from his father's piping is in the Music of Ireland... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 340 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Road to Galway, Jenny Bang the Weaver - Jimmie McLaughlin Irish bagpipes solo, Gennet 5356, Federic D. Wood - piano. As far as I know no biographical information has come to light about McLaughlin. His piping has much in common with Tom Ennis's, lively danceable music cleanly played. The Road to Galway is usually called the London Lassies, the title from O'Neill's books. Mullaney & Stack called it the Maid in the Cherry Tree, and their recording may be heard on the CD Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 340 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The lays and laments of the Gael - MacGregor, Alexander, 1806-1881 Letter to the editor of the Scottish Press, dated 1852, and signed Alex. Macgregor Keywords: Bagpipe music; Ballads, Scottish Gaelic; Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic Downloads: 138 |  |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Boys of Bluehill, Fisher's - Leo Rowsome and Frank O'Higgins Irish bagpipes and violin, REX 5001. This record had "HIGGINS - VIOLIN" which almost certainly refers to Dublin fiddler Frank O'Higgins, a popular artist both on radio and recordings. I believe Frank was also the fiddler on the marches and jigs already reissued on Topic LP/CD. The two made for a very tight duet, with a very nice Scotch Snap in the Boys of Bluehill. This isn't the usual Fisher's hornpipe, but rather a tune usually called the Minstrel's Fancy... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 651 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Leitrim Fancy, The Cork Hornpipe - Leo Rowsome and Frank O'Higgins Irish bagpipes and violin, REX 5001. This record had "HIGGINS - VIOLIN" which almost certainly refers to Dublin fiddler Frank O'Higgins, a popular artist both on radio and recordings. I believe Frank was also the fiddler on the marches and jigs already reissued on Topic LP/CD. The Leitrim Fancy comes from Michael Gallagher's 78, also to be heard on this site. The Cork Hornpipe was an old name for the tune usually called the Harvest Home... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 863 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bonnie Kate, Miss Monaghan, Blackberry Blossom - Leo Rowsome and His Irish Piper's Band Irish bagpipes, violin, drum, HMV IM372. Two of this charming trio's recordings were reissued on the Classics of Irish Piping LP/CD. According to Sean Reid (who wrote the reissue's liner notes) it was an impromptu recording of Leo and two studio musicians who weren't players of Irish music, but read off charts Leo wrote out on the spot. These three reels have long been favorites of musicians and pipers especially; Bonnie Kate was recorded on cylinder by Patsy Touhey, the Blackberry Blossom by Mi... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 612 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Humours of Bantry, Humours of Cappagh, Rakes of Clonmel - Leo Rowsome and His Irish Piper's Band Irish bagpipes, violin, drum, HMV IM480. Two of this charming trio's recordings were reissued on the Classics of Irish Piping LP/CD. According to Sean Reid (who wrote the reissue's liner notes) it was an impromptu recording of Leo and two studio musicians who weren't players of Irish music, but read off charts Leo wrote out on the spot. The Humours of Bantry is called the Blackthorn Stick in Scotland, which title is used for another jig nowadays in Ireland, and was also the title of a reel Micha... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 453 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Miss McLeod's - Leo Rowsome and His Irish Piper's Band Irish bagpipes, violin, drum, HMV IM480. Two of this charming trio's recordings were reissued on the Classics of Irish Piping LP/CD. According to Sean Reid (who wrote the reissue's liner notes) it was an impromptu recording of Leo and two studio musicians who weren't players of Irish music, but read off charts Leo wrote out on the spot. One of the standard reels in old days. Francis O'Neill wrote of taking a trip home to Ireland in 1908 and hearing little else but "Miss McLeod and her brethren" ... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 589 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Liverpool, The Cuckoo's Nest - Leo Rowsome and His Irish Piper's Band Irish bagpipes, violin, drum, HMV IM372. Two of this charming trio's recordings were reissued on the Classics of Irish Piping LP/CD. According to Sean Reid (who wrote the reissue's liner notes) it was an impromptu recording of Leo and two studio musicians who weren't players of Irish music, but read off charts Leo wrote out on the spot. These two hornpipes are old favorites, like the reels on the record's reverse... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 355 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Annie Laurie, A Hundred Pipers - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo - Scottish medley, HMV IM354. Leo had a huge repetoire of music and shows his versatility with Scottish music here as well, rendered as no other piper has since. His son Leon was also a piper and had a desire to play Scottish music on the accordion - which his parents forbid him to do until he became an adult! Leon later wrote in the early 90's of how the Belfast fiddler Sean McGurie let it be known that Leon needed to put the accordion aside and go back to playing the pipes ... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 928 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Big Pat's, The Swallow's Tail - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Decca W4681. Big Pat was a flute playing police officer who worked with Francis O'Neill at the Deering Street Police Station in Chicago. O'Neill named this reel in his honor, remarking that Big Pat would swing his legs to keep time, unlike the more typical practice of stomping feet. Leo picked up many tunes from books like O'Neill's, devising piping settings, many of which are found in the book the Leo Rowsome Collection of Irish Music... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 470 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Boy in the Boat, The Morning Dew - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Decca W5246. The Boy in the Boat is unique to Leo as far as I know, and very much a piping reel, with its prominent cranning on the bottom D. Leo's full stop just before proceeding into the second tune is a wonderful effect. Chicago piper and solid Rowsome fan Joe Shannon recorded this tune on the 70s LP he made with fiddler Johnny McGreevy, The Noonday Feast. The Moring Dew isn't the reel recorded by Michael Coleman, but rather the tune almost always called the Woman of the... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 484 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Byrne's, The Killifane - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, HMV IM528. Byrne's is an ever popular tune, also recorded by Michael Coleman and the Ballinakill Ceili Band on 78. Kilfinane (Cill Fhíonáin in Irish) is a small market town in southeast County Limerick, and this hornpipe was contributed to Francis O'Neill's books by Tipperary fiddler Edward Cronin. Cronin composed tunes and this may be one of his originals. This is likely an example of Leo adapting tunes from books, although he may have learned it from a Munster musician -... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 444 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Conroy's Reel, The Glenallen - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Decca label, number unknown. Conroy probably refers to Andy Conroy, a Roscommon piper who was a close friend of Leo's, and probably his opposite in musical sensibilities - Andy's playing was almost experimental in its staccato, and he almost always played just the chanter - no drones. The tune Leo plays is called the Boys of Cappaquin in O'Neill's, and nowadays the Boy in the Gap... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm; Fiddle Downloads: 406 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Drops of Brandy, Barney Brannigan - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Decca W4681. The light speed tempo of Drops of Brandy makes sense when Leo goes into his charming version of Barney Brannigan, which is more complex than the book setting generally played, with its characteristic trio of dotted quarter notes at the opening of the third part. Leo fills out these notes melodically instead. He was recorded by Ciaran MacMathuna in the 60s, and played Barney B and the Drops of B with fiddler Larry Redican, resulting in less-than-perfect synchroni... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 416 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Gallowglass, The Girl at the Spinning Wheel - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, HMV IM1001. The first jig is a complex tune, derived from the Scottish Niel Gow's Lament for (the Death of) his Brother. Leo really shows his command of the regulators in the Girl at the Spinning Wheel, most notably with his marvelous syncopation and the big gC - gB chord at the end of each part. A friend who played Leo's pipes said they fairly played themselves, they were so airtight and had such light playing reeds, which goes far to explain how he could casually use effec... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 568 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | George White's Favorite, Colonel Fraser - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, REX 15044. George White was said to be a NYC bar owner, honored in this reel first recorded by Sligo fiddler Paddy Sweeney. When I was learning the pipes my tutor (who was a big Leo fan) always insisted Leo played the 1812 Overture on the regulators in Colonel Fraser. Never quite heard it myself! This is one of the great piping reels, and a tricky tune to play, found in innumerable versions on all instruments... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 607 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | God Save Ireland, The Soldier's Song - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Winner 4262. Two patriotic marches played in grand style. The Soldier's Song was composed in 1907 by Peadar Kearney and curiously enough replaced God Save Ireland as the Irish national anthem. More of Leo's 78 RPM recordings may be heard on the CD "Classics of Irish Piping" on the Topic label. Leo's 50s LP Ri Na Bpiobairi (The King Of The Pipers) has also been reissued on CD. Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 1,011 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jackson's Morning Brush, The Clare Jig - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, HMV IM525. Jackson was an 18th century piper/composer who gave his name to many fine tunes, most famously this one, which lends itself well to the pipes with room for cranning and staccato passages. Patsy Touhey recorded a typically intricate three part version on a wax cylinder, with one of his trademark flurries of notes in the third part. The Clare Jig is the title in John Roche's collection for the tune now called the Mug of Brown Ale... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 733 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Manchester, The Honeysuckle - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Decca F6254. The Manchester is an alternate name for Rickett's Hornpipe; also available on this site is the recording of Rickett's by piper Tom Ennis. Leo's version is faster, more free flowing perhaps, although both sound like good dancing music if the dancer were OK with the tempos (not the case these days). The Honeysuckle seems to have been a popular tune with old Dublin pipers such as Jim Brophy, whose playing of it was transcribed in a recent issue of the US publicatio... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 474 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Primrose Lass, The Ivy Leaf - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, HMV IM528. Both of these reels were recorded by Felix Doran on his Last of the Traveling Pipers LP, offering an opportunity for comparison. Felix used the regulators like Leo but was a much tighter chanter player, and was also a popular musician, especially with dancers. Leo included the Primrose Lass in his 1936 piping tutor, which is included in the Leo Rowsome Collection. Tom Ennis also recorded the Ivy Leaf, calling it the New Steamboat... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 876 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Ace And Deuce Of Pipering - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, Decca F6254. One of the old set dances, which had an irregular structure and special steps for dancing. In the liner notes of one of the recent Topic CD reissues of Irish 78s Reg Hall remarked that dancers found the set dances on records made by Gaelic League sponsored musicians such as Rowsome, Liam Walsh, and Billy Andrews, unsatisfactory in terms of tempo or structure. Whatever the case, Leo's playing leaves nothing to fault for timing, harmony, or liveliness... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 646 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Boys of the Lough, The Green Mountain - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, HMV IM525. Rowsome's playing of the Boys of the Lough puts to rest the notion that he was merely an "Open piper," being chock full of precisely played staccato that is the equal of anybody (despite one squawk on the bottom D that is one of his rare recorded slipups). In fact I think he plays it a bit more staccato than Patsy Touhey did, and Touhey was the ne plus ultra of that sort of piping... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 512 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Broken Pledge, Miss Thornton - Leo Rowsome Irish bagpipes solo, HMV IM1001. The Broken Pledge is generally played with F natural notes, thus in the "key" of D minor, but pipers traditionally simply slid into F sharps, retaining the mournful sound of the tune. A couple of very interesting takes on this reel may be of interest: Seamus Ennis's extremely mannered version on his 40 Years of Irish Piping LP, where he combines extreme sloppiness with a very stretched out rhythm for a unique effect; and a privately recorded version by Galway flu... Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 460 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Hunt - Nelius O'Cronin Irish bagpipes solo, Parlophone E3615. O'Cronin played with Leo Rowsome in the All Ireland Trio, according to Leo's son Liam. O'Cronin played flute in the group, Leo pipes, Seamus O Mathuna fiddle. O'Cronin also founded the Cork Volunteer Pipe Band. He died in 1930. I have always thought this was Leo himself playing the pipes, it is such beautiful music, and of such a high standard of playing. The original disc had a chip in its side, hence this dub beginning a few seconds into the recording. Keywords: Irish; Celtic; Bagpipe; Uilleann; Folk; Oldtime; 78rpm Downloads: 499 Average rating: (0 review) |
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