Collection of ancient piobaireachd or Highland pipe music

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Collection of ancient piobaireachd or Highland pipe music
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Description	Many of the pieces being adapted to the piano forte with full instructions for those desirous of qualifying themselves in performing on this national instrument : to which are prefixed some sketches of the principal hereditary pipers and their establishments : with historical & traditional notes respecting the origin of the various pieces. [Edited] by Angus Mackay. Edinburgh : Published by the Editor, 1838.
Shelfmark	Glen.354
Attribution and copyright:	Out of copyright - The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1838 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Bagpipes Adaptations (literary works) Pianos Instructional materials Folk music Collections (object groupings)
Person / organisation:	Mackay, Angus [Editor]
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Glen Collection of printed music
Description	Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.

Special collections of printed music
Description	The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi.