Dance to the Piper - The Highland Bagpipe in Nova Scotia (Paperback, New)

Barry Shears examines the history and traditions of Gaelic-speaking pipers whose emigration to Nova Scotia ensured that the role and music of Highland piping not only survived, but thrived for a long time. Dance to the Piper provides historical background and provides numerous biographical sketches of key figures in the Nova Scotia tradition and analyzes why this cultural reality endured in Nova Scotia. It also examines the social, economic and cultural developments which altered the status, role and perception of the piper in society, and their eventual decline. Shears shows an abiding respect for those tradition bearers and Dance to the Piper represents more than twenty years of research, interviews and recordings of the last of the traditional-style pipers in Nova Scotia.

General

Imprint:	Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	Barry Shears
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	244
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-897009-33-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN:	1-897009-33-X
Barcode:	9781897009338

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