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O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 27

O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 27
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Regan Printing House, Chicago, 1913
periodical Editor
[none]
periodical Title
O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians
volume Number
1
issue Content
The Bagpipe, its Antiquity and DistributionIrish . 11 /Iinstre/s and .LtIusiciansS53scenes of the early part of the seventeenth century in Chapter 3, \/Ol. 2 ofKnights Old England.fn mediaeval England the bagpipe was used in connection with churchservices, as it was used in Ireland and Scotland, especially in processions andoutdoor religious ceremonies, but it was at games and May Day dances thatthe bagpipe was given preference over other instruments.I have seen the Lady of the May,Set in an arbour on a holy clay,Built by the Maypole where the jocund swainsDance with the maidens to the bagpipes strains.Illustrating this quatrain from Brorcncs Past orals, written in 1625, thepiper is seated on a tall barrel or puncheon near the Maypole, while the (lancegoes gaily on all around him. In this picture the bagpipe is equipped with twodrones, and so is the instrument played on 1w the piper in I Iogarths Southwark Fair.Though enjoying the favor of royalty during several reigns, it does notappear that the bagpipe was ever used in war in England. Pipers flourishedin goodly numbers early in the seventeenth century. and were as conspicuous atFairs and outdoor entertainments as their brethren in more recent times inIreland.At no stage of its development was the English instrument at all comparablein style or finish with the Piol Mor or \Varpipe of [ reland or Scotland.1/fCHAUCEPS MILLER (XIV Century) 4 baiqe-pipe we] coucle .heblowe and souneAnd therwith ] he hrouqhte ui out of touneis i -From Moqarth SoutbwyrkF ir ghis Pipei 1637.
issue Number
1
page Number
27
periodical Author
O'Neill, Capt. Francis
issue Publication Date
1913-01-01T00:00:00
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O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians

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