Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Theme and Variation: Representing the National Instrument A Distant Past: The Bagpipe Comes to Scotland Gaelic Symphony: The Great Pipe takes root Traditional Origins of the Piping Dynasty The Pastoral of the New Bagpipe: Echoes of the Neo-Baroque 'Taste and Humour': The Union Pipe of Scotland and Ireland The maestros: Architects of Change Coda Bibliography

About the Author

Dr Hugh Cheape, formerly Head of the Scottish Material Culture Research Centre, National Museums Scotland, was largely responsible for building this definitive bagpipe collection. He is now a Lecturer and Course Leader in the University of the Highlands and Islands. He has published many articles on Scottish history, and his books include the ever-popular Tartan: The Highland Habit.