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This section shows many of the early manuscripts and books of Piobaireachd.
Title | Description | Listen | Document |
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| All Sources | This compilation of all sources of Piobaireachd is from the General Preface to the Piobaireachd Society Collection by Dr Roderick Cannon. It is copywright to the Piobaireachd Society. ... |  | |
| Angus MacKay Book | A Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd or Highland Pipe Music. Angus MacKay, Edinburgh, 1838. A prospectus for this book was issued in August 1835, promising publication about 1st February 1836. Angus... | | |
| Angus MacKay Manuscript | This, the largest of the early piobaireachd collections, has always been called simply "Angus MacKay's MS" even though Angus MacKay also wrote other piobaireachd manuscripts. It can be regarded as... | | |
| Angus MacKay Manuscript - Kintarbert | This manuscript was compiled by Angus MacKay in about 1840. ... | | |
| Angus MacKay Manuscript - Seaforth | Angus MacKay writes in this manuscript that the tunes were selected "from the original manuscript in his possession as noted down by him (in staff notation) from the Canntaireachd of... | | |
| Angus MacKay Specimens of Canntaireachd | Angus MacKay. "Specimens of Canntareachd" NLS MS 3743. c. 1853. All the pieces are fragments, consisting of the first few vocables of the tune in canntaireachd. They are numbered 1-48. They... | | |
| Campbell Canntaireachd Volume 1 | The collection was brought by John Campbell, son of Colin, to the Highland Society competition in 1816 and submitted for one of the money prizes then being offered to pipers... | | |
| Campbell Canntaireachd Volume 2 | This is the second volume of the collection which was brought by John Campbell, son of Colin, to the Highland Society competition in 1816 and submitted for one of the... | | |
| Ceol Mor - a bibliography | Roderick Cannon documents where the original copies of Ceol Mor are. Ceol Mor is available from Ceol Seann ... | ||
| Ceol Mor - the making of the collection | Roderick Cannon gives details about the production of "Ceol Mor" by General CS Thomason. Ceol Mor is still the biggest single collection of Piobaireachd.
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| Colin Cameron Manuscript | An account of how this volume was acquired by the Piobaireachd Society in 1949 is given in the note by Archibald Campbell pasted inside the front cover. ... | | |
| David Glen's Book | 7 Volumes of Glen's Printed Piobaireachds ... | | |
| Donald MacDonald Junior | Inscribed "Donald MacDonald Piper 72nd Regiment of Highlanders March 16th 1826." ... | | |
| Donald MacDonald Volume 1 | Donald MacDonald Ancient Martial Music of Caledonia Donald MacDonald was born in Skye in 1767. He became the leading pipe-maker of his day, and a collector of the traditional pipe music,... | | |
| Donald MacDonald Volume 2 | This manuscript was compiled by Donald MacDonald, who published the first in 1820. The manuscript was his draft for a second book that unfortunately never appeared. It has now been... | | |
| Hannay-McAuslin | The anonymous piobaireachd manuscript now known as the Hannay-MacAuslan manuscript is believed to have been written about 1815. It contains ten tunes written out in full detail, in staff notation,... | | |
| John MacDougall Gillies Manuscript | The John MacDougall Gillies Manuscript is the property of Glasgow University Library and appears here by kind permission. ... | | |
| John MacKay Manuscript | This John MacKay is Angus' brother, not his father, who as far as is known could not write music. ... | | |
| Kilberry Index | Index to the Kilberry Book of Ceol Mor produced by Archibald Campbell in 1948 and with subsequent editions in 1953 and 1969. Title ... | | |
| Neil MacLeod Gesto Canntaireachd | Commonly known as "The Gesto Canntaireachd" this book contains 20 tunes in canntaireachd collected from Iain Dubh MacCrimmon who died in Skye in 1822. ... | | |
| Peter Reid's Manuscript | Peter Reid is said to have been a good amateur player and to have judged frequently at the annual piobaireachd competition in Edinburgh. When he wrote the manuscript he seems... | |