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Scotland's music : a history of the traditional and classical music of Scotland from early times to the present day / John Purser

Author
Purser, John, 1942-
Published
Edinburgh : Mainstream, 2007.
Physical Description
428 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

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Contents
Introduction. The Scottish idiom -- Birds, stones, bulls and boars 2500 BC-AD 400 -- Briton, Pict and Scot 600-800 -- The bell and the chant 500-1100 -- Cathedral voices 800-1300 -- Ballads, bards and makars 1100-1500 -- Gaelic bards, bagpipes and harps 1100-1600 -- The golden age 1490-1550 -- Reform 1513-1580 -- The two Maries 1540-1590 -- At the courts of the last king 1570-1630 -- Music of the west 1530-1760 -- From Covenanters to Culloden 1630-1750 -- From Rome to home 1660-1720 -- The temple of Apollo 1740-1770 -- The Scots musical museum 1760-1850 -- The withdrawing room and the concert hall 1820-1920 -- Sea, field and music hall 1820-1918 -- Between two wars 1900-1950 -- A new accommodation 1950s-1990s -- Breaking the moulds 1960-.
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ISBN
9781845961602 (hbk.)
1845961609 (hbk.)
Note
Radio tie-in.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384), discography (pages 385-394), glossary and index.
Source of Acquisition
Hazleton copy: Gift made by Nicholas Skimbo in memory of James Hamilton Mitchell ; 20089.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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