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THE CLAN GREGOR COLLECTION OF HIGHLAND PIPE MUSIC |
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Pipers and Pipe Music of the MacGregors and Clann An Iain Mhic
Price: $ 23.00 / Each
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Given that MacGregor pipers have such a dominant role in the history of piping it is surprising that there are so few MacGregor associated tunes.
Undoubtedly the proscription of the name in 1603 and the long-lasting effect that this had will have something to do with it as will the other obvious fact that the Clan Gregor was moved from its original lands around Loch Awe (in the late 1300s/early 1400s) and then, during the period of proscription, were legally landless.
But given that the present territory associated with Clan Gregor is amongst the most beautiful in Scotland there should be many, many more tunes than there are. Perhaps the fact that it was Piobaireachd, the classical music of piping, which propelled the fame of MacGregor pipers, has much to do with the paucity of examples of Ceol Beag, the so-called 'light music' of the pipes.
Whatever the reason this collection reflects what is available to pipers and represents some of the gems of our repertoire.
The history of the MacGregor pipers is in itself a fascinating one.
They were known as ‘Clann an Mhic Iain Sgeulachie’ or, in its shortened form, ‘Clann an Sgeulachie’. It meant ‘race of the storyteller’, or historian, and was their cognomen. That in itself was evidence of their status as a family and although the use of patronymics in the Gaeltachd was widespread it was reserved for chiefly or important families.
The pipers were an offshoot of the MacGregor cadet family of Ruaro in Glenlyon, or more correctly Ruadhshruth - the red-brown stream. Their piping school at Drumcharry, in Glenyon just a few miles east of the village of Fortingall, was as famous as the men themselves while their record in the early years of the great piping competitions at Falkirk and Edinburgh is outstanding.
It is quite clear that they occupied the role as the leading piping family, certainly as far as playing went, for well over half a century and that dominance continued through a remarkable span of at least nine generations. Other families and other pipers rose to the top as well but no other family since the Campbells and MacCrimmons occupied such dynastic influence.
It might well be that their influence spread even further than what is imagined because there is evidence that they married into the MacDougall family, equally as famous in piping.
The MacDougalls, like the MacGregors, lived for a time at Fortingall, also in Glen Lyon and members of both families served as pipers to the Campbell Earls of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle. Certainly no other family enjoyed as much success on the competitive platform.
The connection with Drumcharry, which could have been established as early as the 1400s, was finally broken in 1885 when Archibald MacGregor moved away.
Bruce Campbell
TUNE INDEX THE CLAN GREGOR COLLECTION OF HIGHLAND PIPE MUSIC
CEOL BEAG - Ard Choille - Bruce Campbell, Strathspey
Back of Bennachie, the - composer unknown, March
Bloody Sarks, the - Bruce Campbell , Ballad
Bonnie McAlpine - Wm. Gilmour, March
Bonnie Strathyre - composer unknown, Slow Air
Braes of Balquhidder, the - composer unknown, March
Braes of Glenorchy, the - composer unknown, March
Buchantry Falls - Jimy MacGregor, Strathspey
Captain Duncan MacGregor - John MacColl, Strathspey
Castle Weems - composer unknown, Slow Air
Drumcharry - Bruce Campbell, Strathspey
Earl of Airlie, the - Jimmy MacGregor, Reel
Loch Lubnaig - Jimmy MacGregor, Slow Air
Loch Rannoch - John Wilson, Slow Air
Loch Tay Boat Song, the - composer unknown, Ballad
Loch Tayside - composer unknown, Reel
MacGregor of Rora - composer unknown, Slow Air
MacGregor of Rora - composer unknown, Retreat
Miss MacGregor's Favourite - composer unknown, March
Mrs MacGregor's Strathspey - Jimmy MacGregor, Strathspey
Mo Run Geal Dileas - composer unknown, Retreat
Pipe Major Jimmy MacGregor -John Scott, Jig
Going to Pitlochry, the - Iain Duncan, Retreat
Schiehallion - Pipe Major Donald Shaw Ramsay, Retreat
Young MacGregor, the - J MacGregor-Murray, March
Clan Gregor’s Salute - Lt Col. John MacGregor
CEOL MOR
MacGregor's Salute - composer unknown
Rout of Glen Fruin - composer unknown
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Added 09.2010
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