Light music in the Highlands
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
77591
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1977.164
Original Tape ID
Summary
Light music in the Highlands.
The contributor concurs with the idea that pibroch was basically 'music for war'. He asserts that the terrible poverty in the Highlands at the time accounts for the music being so slow and sad. Even the battle tunes were slow. He touches on the clan system, where tenants had to provide the chief with a couple of their sons in time of need. He says that light music came into the Highlands comparatively late and was carried up from the south. The Highlanders had music for dancing but this was mostly mouth music and fiddle music. He asserts that Calum Pìobaire played no light music at all, only pibroch.
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good