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Take a fascinating trip through the world of bagpipe music: a journey in time covering the history of this wonderful instrument. Bagpipe Tunes and Their Stories: Golden Times 1950 - 1990 features stories behind the unique bagpipe tunes that were composed between 1950 and 1990 Bagpipes are at the centre of a vibrant culture that has grown over many generations and continues to fascinate music lovers throughout the world. This book unearths stories connected with well-known tunes that were played and written between 1950 and 1990. A tribute to the rich heritage of bagpipe music, it is captivating reading for long-time bagpipe enthusiasts as well as people less familiar with this distinctive instrument. You’ll become acquainted with a wide range of bagpipe tunes, from the Scottish Highlands to the hills of Ireland and beyond. In addition, you’ll learn about the occasions for which they were composed and interpreted. Author Susy Klinger, a well-known music expert and bagpipe enthusiast, has put her broad-ranging knowledge and passionate musical interest into this book. She has done many years of research in Scotland and neighbouring countries, conducted numerous interviews with famous pipers and thoroughly studied bagpipe music in order to put together this collection of stories and personal portraits. The book is a treasure chest of musical discoveries, encompassing everything from traditional ballads to lively dance melodies. The wealth of information on bagpipe tunes is supplemented by carefully selected photos and illustrations that bring the atmosphere and culture of the relevant period to life. Each page is an invitation to delve into the past and become absorbed in stories of times gone by. Order your copy now and let yourself be inspired by this fascinating survey of music history.

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BAGPIPE TUNES AND THEIR STORIES

GOLDEN TIMES 1950 - 1990 – VOLUME 2 –

Bagpipes are at the centre of a vibrant culture that has grown over many generations and continues to fascinate music lovers throughout the world. Th is book unearths stories connected with well-known tunes that were played and written between 1950 and 1990. A tribute to the rich heritage of bagpipe music, it is captivating reading for long-time bagpipe enthusiasts as well as people less familiar with this distinctive instrument.

You’ll become acquainted with a wide range of bagpipe tunes, from the Scottish Highlands to the hills of Ireland and beyond. In addition, you’ll learn about the occasions for which they were composed and interpreted.

Author Susy Klinger, a well-known music expert and bagpipe enthusiast, has put her broad-ranging knowledge and passionate musical interest into this book. She has done many years of research in Scotland and neighbouring countries, conducted numerous interviews with famous pipers and thoroughly studied bagpipe music in order to put together this collection of stories and personal portraits. The book is a treasure chest of musical discoveries, encompassing everything from traditional ballads to lively dance melodies.

The wealth of information on bagpipe tunes is supplemented by carefully selected photos and illustrations that bring the atmosphere and culture of the relevant period to life. Each page is an invitation to delve into the past and become absorbed in stories of times gone by.

Order your copy now and let yourself be inspired by this fascinating survey of music history.

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BAGPIPE TUNES AND THEIR STORIES, THE GOLDEN TIMES 1950 - 1990, VOLUME II

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PREFACE

FROMTHE AUTHORSUSY

Following the great success of Bagpipe Tunes and Their Stories: The Old Times up to 1950, Volume 1, this book begins with the next period.

Both wars were over, all countries were rebuilding and this is reflected in the compositions. Melodies of heroic battles or massacres were no longer written. The songs were given titles after landscapes, houses, people or even funny events.

From 1950 to 1990, many famous songs were composed. This was the golden age of composition.

This is the first of several volumes, as so many beautiful melodies were written that one book would not be enough.

I hope you enjoy it as much as the “Old Times”. I also hope that these tunes can be played with the feelings of the composer if the background is known. Perhaps you will also find a story that you like, and maybe you would like to play the tune that goes with it.

I decided that there won’t be any music sheets in the books. There are plenty of music books in which you can find these tunes.

Enjoy reading about the golden times, and have fun learning and playing a piece of music when knowing the story behind it.

Yours,

Susy

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

OUR PIPE MUSIC IS DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES:

CEOL MOR

the big music or piobaireachd

CEOL BEAG

the little music, which includes quicksteps and dance music like strath-speys and reels

CEOL MEADHONACH

the middle music. As the name says, this is between ceol mor and ceol beag. Airs are an example. This is the oldest form of Highland music.

The MacCrimmons taught piobaireachd in their school in Boreraig. But I am sure there was light music in those days for weddings and other celebrations where the Highlanders danced to the bagpipes. Gaelic poetry also “speaks occasionally of the pipes being used as an accompaniment to general merrymaking in the big houses of the West Highlands”.

John MacDonald wrote about Calum Piobair that he “hardly ever played march, strathspey and reel, only piobaireachd and jigs. Each morning Calum used to play jigs on the chanter while breakfast was being got ready – he used to sit on a stool near the peat fire as he played. But his heart was in Piobaireachd […].”

In the 19th century the army got more influence and the style of music changed. The old piping tunes were originally Gaelic airs or fiddle tunes that were adapted to the pipes. But with the army, tunes were composed especially for the pipes. So, in this book the composer could also be a fiddler and not a piper. But I thought it is interesting who composed it, who had the idea of the tune.

Tunes from the old days had two parts and more parts were composed later. So it could be that the first two parts are very old and the other two are much younger. (15/p. 62 and 193)

PUBLISHER

Dudelsackschule.de,

Andreas Hambsch

AUTHOR

Susy Klinger

PHOTOS

Susy Klinger, Nils Bosshammer, Freepik, iStock, Ambaille.org.uk

LAYOUT

Nils Bosshammer

ISBN

978-3-910702-09-7

EDITION

1st Edition, July 2024

BAGPIPE TUNES AND THEIR STORIES

GOLDEN TIMES 1950 - 1990

VOLUME II

ABERTARFF HOUSE

6/8MARCH

WILLIAM M. MACDONALD

Abertarff House was built in 1593. It is the oldest house in Inverness, Scotland.

Source: www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/abertarff-house (24.02.2023)

ACHANY GLEN

2/4MARCH

ANGUSMACPHERSON

This tune was composed when Angus MacPherson’s Inveran hotel burned down in 1949 and he had to move to Achany House. But the house was too big for him, and in 1971 he moved to a cottage behind it. His daughter-in-law looked after him until he died at the age of 98.

Source: (53/p.286)

ACHDUART

REEL

PMNORMANGILLIES

This reel is named after Achduart, Achiltibuie in Western Ross, Scotland. Achduart is a coastal hamlet. It is not far from Achiltibuie.

Source: (25/p.174)

ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR RODERICK MCGRIGOR, GCBM DSO

SLOW AIR

MAJOR G. T. MOIR-BYRES

Sir Roderick McGrigor was Admiral of the Fleet. In 1959 he was a guest at a Regimental Dinner at Gordon Barracks in Aberdeen. One of the other guests was Major Moir- Byres, the composer. Major Moir-Byres said that the melody of this tune describes a yacht that comes “alongside a jetty in a good stiff breeze”.

Source: (12/p.85)

ADRIOGAN

3/4 RETREAT MARCH

ANGUSLAWRIE

Caley MacInnes owned a farm two miles south of Oban in Scotland with this name. Angus Lawrie was there quite often and they played together in the evenings. Caley MacInnes played the fiddle. Angus Lawrie played the pipes. Angus was a member of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.

Source: (50/vii)

AGFED`S MARCH

2/4MARCH

DUNCANJOHNSTONE

This tune starts with the notes A, G, F, E and D. Hence the name.

Source: (2/p.23)

ALAN MACPHERSON OF MOSSPARK

JIG

PMANGUSMACDONALD

Angus MacDonald composed it in 1958 while visiting San Diego in California.

Source: (51)

ALEC MACDONALD - FORT WILLIAM

REEL

PMEVANMACRAE,1STBATTALION THEQUEEN`SOWNCAMERONHIGHLANDERS

Alec MacDonald joined the Gordon Highlanders as a young man. Later he was the stationmaster at Fort William. Alec and Evan taught together in the Lochaber High School Pipe Band. Evan Macrae wrote many tunes but didn’t give them names. One day Evan took one of the nameless tunes, went to Alec MacDonald and said that this will be his.

Source: (1/p.194)

ALEXANDER MACDONALD`S FAVOURITE

2/4MARCH

PMALEXANDERMACDONALD,BLACKWATCH

Alexander was born in Dunfermline. He was a miner. During World War I he enlisted in the Highland Cyclist Battalion and served with the Black Watch. In 1932 he was sent to India. He also served in World War II in France. He was taken prisoner at St. Valery in June 1940.

Source: (51/p.4)

ALINA MACASKILL

JIG

DR.JOHNMACASKILL,BERNERAY

This jig was composed for Dr. John MacAskill’s sister.

ANDREW MACNEILL, COLONSAY

2/4MARCH

WILLIAM M. MACDONALD

Andrew MacNeill’s full name was Andrew Sommerville MacNeill. He was born in 1915 in Helensburgh, Scotland. His family was from the Island of Colonsay. But Andrew was brought up in Helensburgh. He returned to Colonsay later in his life to farm on Oronsay. He started piping in Helensburgh with the Jubilee Pipe Band. His other instructor was Robert Reid. William Barrie wrote a piobaireachd for him: Andrew MacNeill of Colonsay. Andrew died in 1997.

Source: www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/andrew-mcmorrine/category/andrew-macneill-of-colonsay (02.03.2023) www.clanmacneilglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MacNeill-BAGPIPE-MUSIC-and-COMPOSITIONS-No3.pdf (02.03.2023)

ANDREW STEWART HILLIS

6/8MARCH

DR.JOHNMACASKILL,BERNERAY

John MacAskill was a doctor. He composed this march for a friend’s son. His friend was also a doctor.

Source: (12/p.101)

ANGELA`S WEDDING

3/4RETREAT MARCH

IAINMORRISON,QUEEN´SOWNHIGHLANDERS

Iain Morrison composed this tune in 1977. Adjutant Captain Seymour Munro married Angela Sandeman.

Source: (2/p.230); (25/p.1)

ANNE FRASER MACKENZIE

JIG

BOBBYMACLEOD

Bobby MacLeod was a famous accordion player on the Isle of Mull. He composed this jig for Pibroch MacKenzie’s daughter. Pibroch (Alex) MacKenzie was a member of his band and played the fiddle.

Source: www.pipetunes.ca 10.06.2022

ANN F. MACDONALD

SLOW AIR

WILLIAM M. MACDONALD

Ann F. MacDonald was William M. MacDonald’s wife.

Source: (53/p.20)

ANTIQUARY, THE

JIG

WILLIAM C. HEPBURN,GORDONHIGHLANDERS

Pipe Major Donald MacLeod visited Pipe Major William Hepburn one day. In the evening they opened a bottle of Antiquary Whisky which William Hepburn got in 1973. They must have enjoyed their dram so much that William wrote a tune for it.

Source: (12/p.76)

ARDNARFF

2/4MARCH

CAPTAINJOHNMACLELLAN

Ardnarff was a house Captain John MacLellan’s family owned in Achnashellach, Scotland. The tune was written in 1959.

Source: (30)

ARLENE HEPBURN

REEL

WILLIAM G. HEPBURN,GORDONHIGHLANDERS

William G. Hepburn wrote this reel at Turiff in 1961 for his daughter. She was a secretary.

Source: (12/p.63)

AROUND THE BAY

JIG

DONALDMACPHERSON

Donald and his family once lived in an apartment near Exmouth Bay. They were able to see the sea from there. There were boats for pleasure driving around and they offered trips for visitors. All day these people shouted: “around the bay”.

Source: (44/p.55)

ARNISH LIGHT

REEL

PETERR.MACLEOD,JUNIOR

Arnish Light is a lighthouse on the Isle of Lewis, not far from Stornoway. It marks the entrance to Stornoway harbour. Arnish Light was built in the 1850s and was operated from 1853 to 1963. Loch Arnish is near Arnish light.

ARTHUR GILLIES

HORNPIPE

PMIAINMORRISON

Iain Morrison composed this tune in 1980. Arthur Gillies was born in Stirling in 1934. His parents were Malcolm and Jessie Gillies. Unfortunately, they got separated when Arthur was very young. He was brought up by his father’s family. After attending Oban High School, he became an apprentice joiner in Inveraray. From 1968 he went to the Hydro Board, and he worked there for the rest of his career. Arthur took piping lessons from the Lawrie family in Oban. Later he went to “big” Donald MacLean of Lewis. Arthur competed for 51 years and won lots of important prizes. After he retired, he established the Nether Lorn Piping School at his home in Kilchrenan, Scotland. He gave lessons at summer schools in Germany regularly. Arthur Gillies died in summer 2003 at the age of 69.

Source: www.pipetunes.ca/composer/arthur-gillies/ (26.12.2022); (2/p.230); (25/p.201).

ATHOLL HIGHLANDER`S MARCH TO THE BRAEMAR GATHERING, THE

6/8MARCH

DUNCANMCDIARMID

The Atholl Highlanders marched to the Braemar Gathering in 1873. Ian Duncan, Jim Mezies and Duncan McDiarmid did the same in 1973, exactly 100 years later.

Source: (42/p.15)

A TOUCH OF THE IRISH

JIG

DR.JOHNMACASKILL,BERNERAY

Dr. John MacAskill composed this jig at a ceilidh.

Source: (12/p.161)

AUCKLAND POLICE PIPE PIPERS

JIG

GEORGEJOHNSTON

George Johnston composed this jig in the 1970s on a visit to New Zealand.

BALBEGGIE MEMORIES

REEL

DONALDMACPHERSON

Donald MacPherson lived in Curlew Cottage in Balbeggie, Scotland for some time. He liked it a lot there.

Source: (44/p.51)

BALLACHULISH WALKABOUT, THE

HORNPIPE

JOHN D. BURGESS

This tune was written in 1962 while Burgess was on a “spree” with another piper in the area.

Source: (51)

BALLYGAWLEY ROUNDABOUT, THE

STRATHSPEY

ANGUSLAWRIE,STRATHCLYDEPOLICE

Hugh McAleer told Angus Lawrie a story that an Irish family had a picnic in the middle of this roundabout. The Ballygawley roundabout is in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This tune was composed in 1977.

Source: (12/p.13)

BALNAIN HOUSE

6/8MARCH

WILLIAM M. MACDONALD

Balnain House is on Huntly Street in Inverness, Scotland. It was built in the Georgian style in 1726 by a merchant. In 1746, during the Battle of Culloden, it was used as a field hospital for the Duke of Cumberland’s troops. In the 1880s it was used by the Ordnance Survey. The house was restored in 1993 and is now the regional headquarters of the National Trust for Scotland. From 1993 to 2021 it was used as a music heritage centre. If you enter the house there is an inscription above the main entrance: “Balnain House: Home of Highland Music”. In 2023 it was renovated inside and outside.

Source: www.ambaile.org.uk/asset/13558/ (02.02.2023)

BATTLE OF DUNKIRK

3/4RETREAT MARCH

PMDONALDMACLEOD

Dunkirk is a small town in the north of France. It is 27 miles away from Calais. The distance from Dunkirk to Dover is just 21 miles across the English Channel. Dunkirk was the scene of the largest evacuation of British soldiers in World War II. German tanks came towards the British line faster than Hitler thought they could. So, he stopped them before they arrived in Dunkirk. Nobody really knows why he did that. But it was the British soldiers’ luck.

On 26th May 1940 the British troops were in Dunkirk waiting for the Germans to come and fight against them. But the Royal Navy organised an evacuation to England with all kinds of ships from Britain, France, Holland and some even from Belgium. After over a week, on 4th June 1940, some 338,000 British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to England. This massive operation became known as the Miracle of Dunkirk. It served as a turning point for the Allied war effort.

Source: www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/der-zweite-weltkrieg/kriegsverlauf/evakuierung-bei-duenkirchen-1940.html (17.08.2022)

BORTHWICK OF BORTHWICK, THE

2/4MARCH

CAPTAINJOHNMACLELLAN

It could be that Captain John MacLellan was asked to write a tune for Lord Borthwick. It was quite common at one time to ask a piper to compose a tune. The piper then got paid for the composition.

Source: (30)

BERNERA BRIDGE, THE

JIG

DONALDMACLEOD

Bernera, on the Isle of Lewis, is connected to the mainland of Lewis by a bridge. Donald MacLeod wrote this tune for the opening of the bridge in 1953. Before that, a ferry on demand crossed from Earshader on Lewis to Barraglom on the northern side of the strait.

Source: (2/p.155); www.welovetheisleofharris.com/index.php/343-archive/17755-bridge-crisis-for-great-bernera

Melissa Silver, Scottish Islands Explorer Magazine

BERRIEDALE BRAE

9/8JIG

CAPTAINJOHNMACLELLAN

Berriedale is a village on the north east coast of Caithness in Scotland.

Source: (30)

BERT SUTHERLAND

2/4MARCH

RONALD I. MACLEAN, EOCHBAR,SOUTHUIST

Bert was the secretary of the Inverness Piping Society. He was a pharmacist in Inverness and a keen fiddle player.

Source: (25/p.59); (2/p.74)

BESSIE WEATHERSTON

4/4MARCH

MALCOLM M. MACKENZIE

John Weatherston was the Pipe Major of the Red Hackle Pipes & Drums. Bessie Weatherston was his wife.

Source: www.pipetunes.ca (10.06.2022)

BLACKWATER DAM GRAVES

SLOW AIR

PMEVANMACRAE,1STBATTALION THEQUEEN`SOWNCAMERONHIGHLANDERS

The Blackwater Reservoir is a dam in the mountains of Kinlochleven. It was built in 1907. Sandy Masson was the head keeper at Balmoral. He and the composer went out stalking in 1976. They saw 19 graves during their walk. These graves were of Irish people who died whilst building the dam for the reservoir. Evan Mcrae was so sad about this tragedy that he composed this slow air.

Source: (1/p.195)

BONESHAKER, THE

HORNPIPE

WILLIAMMORRISON

Willie Morrison composed it when he was just 16 years old. He said that “it started off as an experiment for different techniques in fingerwork and ended up as tune”. The boneshaker was a bicycle. From 1868 this name was used for bicycles with pedals, which were very uncomfortable. The original name is velocipede.

Source: (36)

BOOTHS OF COMRIE, THE

6/8MARCH

DONALDMACPHERSON

Donald MacPherson and his wife lived for some years in Wales. But they were able to move back to Scotland. In Scotland they were looking for a house. A cottage in Comrie was not what they wanted. But weeks later the owner offered that they could live in the cottage for free while searching for a better house. As a thank you, Donald wrote this tune for the owners, Pauline and Wallace Booth.

Source: (44/p.15)

BORVE CASTLE

3/4MARCH

PMDONALDMACLEOD

Borve Castle was built by Amy MacRuairi between 1344 and 1363. She was the first wife of John, Lord of the Isles. The castle is in the village of Torlum on the Isle of Benbecula, Scotland. But it is ruined now. The Clanranalds occupied the castle until the 1715 Jacobite Rising. After that it was abandoned. The part that is still seen are the two upper floors of the castle. The rest is covered with wind-blown sand. But there is another Borve Castle in Sutherland. This Borve Castle might have been built by a Norseman whose name was Torquil. The castle was a stronghold for the Clan MacKay. The castle was destroyed because the MacKays failed to appear in front of Mary of Guise, the mother of Mary Queen of Scots. After the castle was destroyed, Rory Mor MacKay, Captain of the castle, was hanged. But the Clan MacKay then fought a battle against the Clan Sutherland. This battle is known as the Battle of Garbharry. The MacKays were defeated. As Pipe Major Donald MacLeod came from the Isle of Lewis, it is more likely that he thought of Borve Castle on the Isle of Benbecula when he composed the tune.

Source: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borve_Castle,_Sutherland (10.04.2022)www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/see-and-do/borve-castle-p522531 (10.4.2022)

BOTTOM HAND MARCH

6/8MARCH

DUNCANJOHNSTONE

Duncan Johnston and Donald MacLeod were good friends. One day Donald MacLeod composed Leaving Lewis, a slow air. It is possible to play the tune with just your top hand. So, Duncan composed a tune you can play just with the bottom hand.

Source: (45)

BOYNE CASTLE

REEL

PMJAMESROBERTSON,GORDONHIGHLANDERS

Pipe Major James Robertson composed this tune in 1955. Boyne is a village in Aberdeenshire near Banff in Scotland. Boyne Castle is in the north of the village. It is a ruin now.

BRAEMAR

REEL

DOUGLAS A. WILL,CANADA

Pipe Major Donald MacLeod heard this tune when he was teaching in Canada. He told the composer that he liked it. Douglas A. Will then named it in memory of a lovely day he spent at the Braemar Games.

Source: (12/p.147)

BRAE RIACH

JIG

D. CAMPBELL

Brae Riach is the 3rd highest mountain in Scotland and can be found in the Cairngorms. It is also named Braeriach or Am Bràigh Riabhach in Gaelic. The mountain is 1,296 metres high (4,252 ft)

Source: (14.10.2022), www.walkhighlands.co.uk/munros/braeriach

BRIAN W. MACDONALD

2/4MARCH

WILLIAM M. MACDONALD

Brian is William M. MacDonald’s son. William was known as Watery Willie. His job was with the water works. He had lessons from John MacDonald, Inverness. He died in 2002.

Source: (53/p.19); www.pipesdrums.com/article/William-M-Macdonald-Dies/ (11.03.2023)

BRIGADIER T. E. SNOW

12/8 MARCH

PS D. MOULTON,2ND.BATTALIONROYALCANADIANREGIMENT

T. E. Snow was the serving Colonel of the Royal Canadian Regiment. This tune was composed for his retirement.

Source: (50/p.vi)

BRIGHT SIDE, THE

JIG

WILLIAM J. MAITLAND,GORDONHIGHLANDERS

This jig is a pendant to the well-known reel Back of the Moon. The back of the moon is sometimes called the dark side of the moon. This jig has some similarities to the reel. So, it was named for the other side, for the bright side of the moon.

Source: (12/p.83)

BRIG O`FEUGH, THE

2/4MARCH

PMDONALDMACLEOD

The Waters of Feugh is a stream in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This was Donald MacLeod’s favourite haunt for watching salmon battling their way up the river. An old bridge goes over the Waters of Feugh.

Source: (12/p.94)