Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

By: Jeremy Kingsbury
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  • This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes, Border pipes, Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Smallpipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/about
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  • Welcome to Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources

    Welcome to Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources
    Jan 22 2022
    Welcome To Wetootwaag’s Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources Tunes: Original: Improvisation at St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris Thomas Marsden: Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe Straigh & Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree. Patrick MacDonald: Mermaid, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd) You can buy physical copies of Oyster Wives Rant and Pay the Pipemaker now here: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528 You can also buy digital copies on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/ I forgot to mention it on the episode, but people have asked me if I would ever put out a tune book, and I might at some point, but if you want clean printed settings of many of the tunes I play I’d recommend Matt Seattle’s book: Geordie Syme’s Paircel o Tunes: https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/geordie-syme-s-parcel-o-tunes +X+X+X+ Improvisation at St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris from Oyster Wives Rant: Improvisation in St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris I call this an improvisation, but it is heavily influenced by a lament I wrote for my father and Corrienessan's Salute. When we were on Lewis and Harris in 2019 I wanted to see this Church, which was a burial site for McLeod Chiefs hundreds of years ago. In my head MacCrimmon pipers would have played in this building for these chiefs. In reality St. Clement's Church was built in the 1520s, and therefore went out of use almost immediately because of the Reformation, but MacLeod chiefs continued to be buried there for some time. By the late eighteenth century it was in desperate need of restoration, which it received only for a fire to undo that work. In the 1870s it was restored roughly to its current state. It's a remarkable building, complete with Sheela na gig. We lucked into being there on a very rainy Sunday afternoon and had the church to ourselves for half an hour to explore and record a couple of tunes. https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes +X+X+X+ 1690s: Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe: You can find Pete Stewart’s transcription of the tune published in his book, Three Extraordinary Collections: http://www.hornpipemusic.co.uk/index.php/publications/three-extraordinary-collections +X+X+ 1775: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree. These tunes all come from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances, published in London around 1775. You can see the notes here: https://imslp.org/wiki/204FavouriteCountryDances(Various) +X+X+ 1784: Mermaid, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd) All From Patrick MacDonald: https://www.google.com/books/edition/ACollectionofHighlandVocalAirsTo_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=0 +X+X+X+ The Sources I most commonly use is a rather jumbled mess, but I think this spread sheet will get you the information you need: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NAUpy6Sz4AlrPGGrPMQ2Mwcv7ND55nasEEsxYDwGc/edit?usp=sharing Here are six ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know you liked the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • S 08 E 25 Donald MacDonald Playthrough Part 4 Dunrobin Castle and Bung Your Eye

    S 08 E 25 Donald MacDonald Playthrough Part 4 Dunrobin Castle and Bung Your Eye
    Nov 16 2024
    Tunes: Jeremy: Such a Parcel of Rogues in the Nation, The Surprise Donald MacDonald: Taymouth House, My Woer be Merry, The Perewig, Bung Your Eye, Bruce of Kenaird’s Reel, Drive Home the Mainlanders, The Trippers, Dunrobin Castle, Herd of the Glen, Skye Reel, Mr. Mackinnon of Corry, Tar awa’ Wedding, The Shaggy Buck, Jamie Roy, Humours of Dublin, Cripple Malcom in the Glen, Robert Ross: Bung Your Eye, William Gunn: Dunrobin Castle, J&R Glen: Dunrobin Castle, David Glen: Dunrobin Castle, Niel Dickie: Patti Logan: Dunrobin Castle John and William Neal: The Humours of Dublin Sources: +X+X+ 1828: Taymouth House, My Woer be Merry, The Perewig, Bung Your Eye, Bruce of Kenaird’s Reel, Drive Home the Mainlanders, The Trippers, Dunrobin Castle, Herd of the Glen, Skye Reel, Mr. Mackinnon of Corry, Tar awa’ Wedding, The Shaggy Buck, Jamie Roy, Humours of Dublin, from Donald MacDonald’s A Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels & Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printedmusic/archive/105682792 +X+X+ 1780: Bung Your Eye from Robert Ross/s Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printedmusic/archive/104997037 +X+X+ 1848: Dunrobin Castle from William Gunn, https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Gunn_TOC.html +X+X+ 1870: Dunrobin Castle from J & R Glen’s Collection for the Great Highland Bagpipe https://ceolsean.net/content/JRGlen/JRGlen_TOC.html +X+X+ 1876: Dunrobin Castle from David Glen’s Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music https://ceolsean.net/content/Dglen/Dglen_TOC.html +X+X+ 1983: Patti from Niel Dickie’s “First Book” available to purchase here and other places: https://www.thepipershut.com/First-Book-By-Neil-Dickiep700.html +X+X+ 1890s: Dunrobin Castle from Logan’s Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music https://ceolsean.net/content/Logan/Logan_TOC.html +X+X+ 1821: Cripple Malcom in the Glen from Donald MacDonald’s “A Collection of the Ancient Martial Music of Caledonia Called Piobaireachd https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printedmusic/archive/105876170 +X+X+ 1726: The Humours of Dublin from John and William Neal’s Choice Collection of Country Dance Tunes https://tunearch.org/wiki/HumorsofDublin_(3) +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/ You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Season 8 Episode 24: Halloween Special Cemetery Piping

    Season 8 Episode 24: Halloween Special Cemetery Piping
    Oct 31 2024
    Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/ You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
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    56 mins

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