Cumha na Cloinne
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Unknown Person
Date
March 1954
Track ID
56784
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.020.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is the ceòl mòr 'Cumha na Cloinne' [The Lament for the Children] played on the Highland bagpipe.
Item Notes
This tune was composed by Patrick Mòr MacCrimmon for his six sons who all died within a year of each other.
See:
'The Piobaireachd Society' book 3, p. 99
'The Kilberry Book of Ceòl Mòr' (Archibald Campbell) no. 49
Language
English, Gaelic, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good