Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping 1745-1945

John Gibson pieces together the history of 18th century West Highland pipers and piping and documents their changing social conditions after the suppression of the last Jacobite rebellion. Challenging the conventional view that the decline of piping was caused by the ban of Culloden pipes and pipers by the disarming Act in 1746, Gibson reveals that traditional dance and bagpiping continued to exist in the Highlands until at least the mid-nineteenth century. He argues that the dramatic depopulation of the Highlands in the 19th century was one of the main reasons for the decline of Gaelic piping.

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