Old and New World Highland Bagpiping

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The work is the result of over thirty years of oral fieldwork among the last Gaels in Cape Breton, for whom piping fit unself-consciously into community life, as well as an exhaustive synthesis of Scottish archival and secondary sources. Reflecting the invaluable memories of now-deceased new world Gaelic lore-bearers, John Gibson shows that traditional community piping in both the old and new world Gàihealtachlan was, and for a long time remained, the same, exposing the distortions introduced by the tendency to ...
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The work is the result of over thirty years of oral fieldwork among the last Gaels in Cape Breton, for whom piping fit unself-consciously into community life, as well as an exhaustive synthesis of Scottish archival and secondary sources. Reflecting the invaluable memories of now-deceased new world Gaelic lore-bearers, John Gibson shows that traditional community piping in both the old and new world Gàihealtachlan was, and for a long time remained, the same, exposing the distortions introduced by the tendency to interpret the written record from the perspective of modern, post-eighteenth-century bagpiping. Following up the argument in his previous book, Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945, Gibson traces the shift from tradition to modernism in the old world through detailed genealogies, focusing on how the social function of the Scottish piper changed and step-dance piping progressively disappeared. Old and New World Highland Bagpiping will stir controversy and debate in the piping world while providing reminders of the value of oral history and the importance of describing cultural phenomena with great care and detail.
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"An excellent work, well researched, splendidly footnoted, a book anyone with an interest in the subject will find a 'must have.'" The Canadian Historical Review

"John Gibson has provided in this new book an incredible wealth of information." Mario Champagne, Department of Music, Stanford University

"Throughout Old and New World Highland Bagpiping, John Gibson emphasises and decodes the traditional Gaelic social and cultural relationships between many of the clans and families in Scotland and in Cape Breton. Gibson manages to do an exceptional job of this while incorporating his awareness of social differences between classes for each Gaelic Scot and their experiences with piping and pipers. This book should be regarded as an excellent reference book… Gibson provides an endless list of questions and concerns within his own research that would provide a solid foundation for further academic research and stimulate debate in the area of piping history." Erin C.M. Grant, University of Guelph

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Meet the Author

John G. Gibson, a scholar of Gaelic culture and ethnographer who lives in Judique, Nova Scotia, is also the author of Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945 and The Back o' the Hill.
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Table of Contents

Charts and Table
Preface
Illustrations and Maps
Introduction 3
Pt. 1 Piping in the Jacobite Highlands from 1745
1 The MacGregors and Piping in Glengarry 19
2 Keppoch, Clanranald, and Cameron Piping 41
3 Piping in MacLean Country 67
4 Fraser, Farquharson, MacIntosh, Grant, Chisholm, and Barra MacNeil Pipers 86
5 Raasay MacLeods, Glencoe MacDonalds, Appin Stewarts, and Cluny MacPhersons 108
Pt. 2 "Hereditary" or Chiefs' Pipers in Hanoverian Scotland
6 Piping in MacCrimmon and MacDonald Skye and in Strathspey (Grants) 127
7 Piping in Glenorchy/Breadalbane, in Islay, and in MacDougall and MacIntyre Territory 149
8 Sutherland and Gairloch, Seaforth, and Gordon Piping 169
Pt. 3 New World Piping in Cape Breton
9 The East Bay Area of Cape Breton and the MacLean Pipers in Washabuck 193
10 Piping and Tradition in the Margarees, Inverness County 218
11 Piping in the Glendale Area, River Denys Mountain, Melford, Big Marsh, Orangedale, and Valley Mills 237
12 Pipers, Piping, and Cultural Glimpses of West Lake Ainslie 253
13 Reverend Archibald Campbell's Observations of Piping in Judique 267
14 Some Pipers in Northern Cape Breton 280
Conclusion 299
Glossary 301
Notes 303
Bibliography 389
Index 417
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