Bagpipe
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85010971
- info:lc/authorities/sh85010971
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85010971#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Bagpipes
- Biniou
- Cornemuse
- Musette (Bagpipe)
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Sources
- found: New Grove musical instruments(Biniou : mouth blown bagpipe of Brittany)
- found: Marcuse(Biniou : small, mouth-blown bagpipe of Brittany; the true biniou disappeared during the 1930's, to be gradually replaced by the larger Scot. bagpipe)
- found: Oxford English dictionary online, viewed December 22, 2020:bagpipe (1 a. A musical instrument of great antiquity and wide diffusion, consisting of an airtight wind-bag and one or more reed-pipes into which the air is pressed by the performer. Formerly a favorite rural English musical instrument; now chiefly used in the Scottish Highlands and in Ireland. The modern Highland bagpipe consists of a greased leathern bag, covered with flannel, inflated by blowing into a valved mouth-tube, and having three drones or bass pipes, and a chanter for the tenor or treble. b. Now often used in plural, esp. in Scotland.)
- found: Merriam-Webster online, viewed 22 December 2020:bagpipe (a wind instrument consisting of a reed melody pipe and from one to five drones with air supplied continuously either by a bag with valve-stopped mouth tube or by bellows --often used in plural)
LC Classification
- ML980
- MT530
Change Notes
- 2003-04-17: new
- 2021-04-15: revised
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