February 10, 2024

S08 E 01 My Approach to a Historical Repertoire

1 hour 5 minutes

Tunes:

O’Farrell: Humours of Toddy

Niel Dicke: Patti

Donald MacDonald: Dunrobin Castle

Jeremy Kingsbury: The Pretty Sporran

Angus MacKay: The Pretty Dirk

Patrick MacDonald: Lord Reay’s Jig

Straight and Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree,

James Aird: Rondo

Tunes:

1804: Humours of Toddy from O’Farrell’s Tutor, available as ABC notation here:

https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=53&mediaId=5523

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1983: Patti from Niel Dickie’s “First Book” available to purchase here and other places:

https://www.thepipershut.com/First-Book-By-Neil-Dickie_p_700.html

1828: Dunrobin Castle from Donald MacDonald’s Donald MacDonald's Collection of quicksteps, strathspeys, reels, & jigs:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682825

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1838: The Pretty Dirk from Angus MacKay Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/120542141

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1777: Bagpipe Entry: Encyclopedia Britancia 2nd Edition

https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/188320592#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=257&xywh=3216%2C-242%2C2150%2C1428

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1784: Lord Reay’s Jig from Patrick MacDonald's 1784 Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:

https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection

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1775: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree. These tunes all come from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances, published in London around 1775.

You can see the notes here:

https://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various)

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1780’s: Rondo and McFarlane’s Strathspey from James Aird’s Collection:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90484640

You can pick up Pay The Pipemaker in physical and bandcamp form, links below!

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February 10, 2024

S08 E 01 My Approach to a Historical Repertoire

1 hour 5 minutes

Tunes:

O’Farrell: Humours of Toddy

Niel Dicke: Patti

Donald MacDonald: Dunrobin Castle

Jeremy Kingsbury: The Pretty Sporran

Angus MacKay: The Pretty Dirk

Patrick MacDonald: Lord Reay’s Jig

Straight and Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree,

James Aird: Rondo

Tunes:

1804: Humours of Toddy from O’Farrell’s Tutor, available as ABC notation here:

https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=53&mediaId=5523

+X+X+

1983: Patti from Niel Dickie’s “First Book” available to purchase here and other places:

https://www.thepipershut.com/First-Book-By-Neil-Dickie_p_700.html

1828: Dunrobin Castle from Donald MacDonald’s Donald MacDonald's Collection of quicksteps, strathspeys, reels, & jigs:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682825

+X+X+

1838: The Pretty Dirk from Angus MacKay Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/120542141

+X+X+X+

1777: Bagpipe Entry: Encyclopedia Britancia 2nd Edition

https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/188320592#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=257&xywh=3216%2C-242%2C2150%2C1428

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1784: Lord Reay’s Jig from Patrick MacDonald's 1784 Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:

https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection

+X+X+X+

1775: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree. These tunes all come from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances, published in London around 1775.

You can see the notes here:

https://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various)

+X+X+

1780’s: Rondo and McFarlane’s Strathspey from James Aird’s Collection:

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90484640

You can pick up Pay The Pipemaker in physical and bandcamp form, links below!

+X+X+

FIN

Here are some ways you can support the show:

You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!

Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!