The Caledonian Repository of Music, adapted for the Bagpipes, being a collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs & Quicksteps

Description

Printed book of music 'The Caledonian Repository of Music, adapted for the Bagpipes, being a collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs and Quicksteps', one of the earliest in date, the largest and most significant of its kind as a collection of light music to be printed, published by William Gunn, Glasgow, 1848

Museum reference

K.2003.680

Collection

Culture

Object name

Music book

Production information

Gunn, William, 1789 - 1867, Publisher
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1848

Materials

Paper

Physical description

100 pages

References

Cannon, Roderick D., A Bibliography of Bagpipe Music. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1980.

Cannon, Roderick D., The Highland Bagpipe and Its Music. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1988.

Campbell, Jeannie, Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.

Baines, Anthony, Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.