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The Wheels of the World - 300 Years of Irish Uilleann Pipers (Paperback) Loot Price: R482
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The Wheels of the World - 300 Years of Irish Uilleann Pipers (Paperback): Colin Harper, John McSherry

The Wheels of the World - 300 Years of Irish Uilleann Pipers (Paperback)

Colin Harper, John McSherry

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One chanter, three drones, three regulators, thirteen keys, too many near-extinctions to mention and 300 years of heroes: that, with a frisson of fairies on moonlit knolls, is the Irish uilleann ('ill-in') pipes. The Wheels Of The World presents an epic tale of triumph and survival, where the soulful heart of a nation has been kept alive across ages by a slender thread of guardians - blind men, eccentrics, self-aggrandisers, noble heroes, bloody-minded revivalists and at least three people compared to Jimi Hendrix. Uilleann piping is Ireland's equivalent to the story of the blues in America, save that here the trail of legends and lore is richer and deeper by far. It is the sound of 18th-century blues - a microtonal virtuoso machine wielded by misfits and geniuses, often one and the same. This is the story of a continuum, from John McSherry, a 21st-century icon, backwards in time through Paddy Keenan, Liam O'Flynn, Finbar Furey, Seamus Ennis, Willie Clancy, Johnny Doran, Leo Rowsome and Patsy Touhey - at the dawn of recorded sound - and thence to find a litany of unrecorded legends before them. It is also a snapshot of professional Irish traditional musicians, after the gold rush of the late 20th century, keeping calm and carrying on.

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Imprint: Jawbone
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2015
Authors: Colin Harper • John McSherry
Dimensions: 153 x 216 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 978-1-908279-93-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General
Books > Music > Folk music
Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General
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LSN: 1-908279-93-1
Barcode: 9781908279934

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