When we last encountered cadences, we noted how the anonymous transcriber of the Hannay-MacAuslan collection documented the relative infrequency of the appoggiatura cadence, and how(more…)
Shasta Piping Society and Burley Bagpipe Company - Original Piobaireachd Music Competition
This competition calls for copies of original piobaireachds to be submitted by composers to a panel of qualified judges. The piobaireachd submissions must be original(more…)
Interpreting Primary Source Manuscripts - Part 8
In the last post, I made some pretty controversial statements. Par for the course, when it comes to cadences. As mentioned in the earlier discussion,(more…)
The Line Has Been Breeched!
I noted this elsewhere, but I wonder if anyone else has quite “got it”. Perhaps for the first time ever, certainly in the modern era,(more…)
Medieval Gaelic harp setup and repertory
At Scoil na gCláirseach last month I presented a lecture and a workshop on the medieval Gaelic harp traditions. The lecture outlined my recent work(more…)
Interpreting Primary Source Manuscripts - Part 7
Cadences. Goodness, a lot of ink is spilled regarding their function in pibroch. (And more is about to be spilled here, ironically.) A lot of(more…)