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Definition of Pibrochs
1. pibroch [n] - See also: pibroch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pibrochs
Literary usage of Pibrochs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music, with Some Account by Wiliam Laird Manson (1901)
"With the exception of three new tunes included in The Music of the Clan Mac Lean,
and one or two others, it contains all the pibrochs known to present day ..."
2. Musical Scotland, Past and Present: Being a Dictionary of Scottish Musicians by David Baptie (1894)
"Their collection of pibrochs, etc., were arranged, we believe, by the late CH
Morine (qv ). died Lynett, 29th May, 1885. ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"pibrochs are the highest form of bagpipe music, and are often very difficult to
... Like all bagpipe music, pibrochs are written in a peculiar scale, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"pibrochs are generally of a warlike character, including marches and dirges ;
they often bear the naines of various historical anil legendary events. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"What renders the notation of pibrochs particularly difficult is the great number
of ornaments introduced, so that no definite rhythm can be discovered. ..."
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