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The Highland bagpipe : music, history, traditon /

The Highland bagpipe, widely considered 'Scotland's national instrument', is one of the most recognized icons of traditional music in the world. It is also among the least understood. However, since the bagpipe's unprecedented surge in public visibility and scholarly attention si...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dickson, Joshua
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Colección:Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Highland bagpipe, widely considered 'Scotland's national instrument', is one of the most recognized icons of traditional music in the world. It is also among the least understood. However, since the bagpipe's unprecedented surge in public visibility and scholarly attention since the 1990s, a greater interest in the emic has led the consideration of both the globalization of Highland piping and piping as rooted in local culture. The contributors of this collection discuss the bagpipe in oral and written history, anthropology, ethnography, musicology, material culture and modal aesthetics. T.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 377 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780754694632
0754694631
9780754666691
0754666697