Tunes: By Nicolas Brown from new album "Good Enough Music for them who Love it" https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases

You can see when you look at the sheet music how much work and craft Nicolas put into creating these renditions of tunes. His performances borrow from many of the known material we have of Oscar and Malvina into some beautiful descriptive and emotive pieces of music. Still, you can find the bones he used below: Head over to pick up his album:

“Good Enough Music For Them Who Love It” https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases

O’Farrell’s Oscar & Malvina Set for the Pipes:

The Overture setting Nicolas found in the National Library of Congress:

Aird’s Setting for the Highland Battle:

Here is a link to the Article discussing the History of Union Pipes: “Courtney’s ‘Union Pipes’ And The Terminology Of Irish Bellows-Blown Bagpipes” by Nicolas Carolan:

https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/courtneys-union-pipes-and-the-terminology-of-irish-bellows-blown-bagpipes-b

I think this is the video or updated version of Nicolas Carolan’s talk, if not it is still mighty interesting:

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