Piobaireachd - Lament For the Earl of Dunmore
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- John Grant (1876-1961), amateur piper and piobaireachd enthusiaste, composed 66 piobaireachds over a period of almost fifty years. Here is what is probably a world premiere of his "Lament for the Earl of Dunmore" from Grant's "The Royal Collection of Piobaireachd - 2nd Edition." Accompanying are photos of Grant throughout his life. My book on John Grant's life and works is available at pmjohngrant.com.... On sale at $20 plus shipping. It contains, besides his complete biography, all of his compositions in modern notation.
Beautiful piping. Thank you for posting this piece of Scottish heritage.
all of a sudden i feel more inspired to learn a piobaireachd... if only people played this more.
Absolutely amazing, well executed finger movements!
I've just come back fe another listen.this is amongst the very best piping i've ever heard.faultless,stunning.I aspire tae be of this standard one day.nowhere near yet,but all the more inspired by this my friend.thanks fe posting.
So moving and breathtaking. Everytime I hear the bagpipes, it just moves me in a way few other types of music can, and I'm an easily moved person! It is almost entrancing....
As a bagpiper myself belonging to a nationally recognized Piping & Drumming Association, we rank pipers based on the level of skill they possess as judged in sanctioned competitions. It goes from Grade IV up to Grade I then Professional. John Grant only competed once in his life--he was ranked as an amateur. I could play the piano, the violin, or anything for fifty years, and just because I did does not make me a professional. The skill level I have and recognition by others determines that.
Wow, simply wow. Transportive and beautifully felt. Thanks so much for contributing this!!!
Great tune. Really melodic. Not one of the typical piobs I have heard and that makes it even more enjoyable.
Thanks, I have a clear head now was on a journey for 12 minutes lost in the highlands somewhere foggy above a loch.
Wonderful tune expertly played. Thank you!
Very definitely, 'cosmological' in composition and playing. Great stuff.
As I hear this I am standing in the Highlands on a mountain overlooking many other lakes and mountains. The wind is pulling at my kilt and hair. Ahhh nevermind, I am in my living room drinking Guiness. Great piping!!
Kirk Brown Thanks Kirk--you got me there for a moment.
@@mocmus ...you shouldn't have told me....you spoiled my immagination...i
liked the bit about the wind tossing your hair...you godamn beautiful liar...i love you...but when i see you ...you will kiss the ground with my Celtic blessing...
So noble !
Beautifully played, mocmus.
Nice! The historic photos are a great backdrop to the tune. I like the text delineating the variations as well.
Thank you, Vincent. If you are interested in learning more about Grant and his other piobaireachd compositions check out my book at pmjohngrant.com/purchase-a-noble-pursuit/. Also my website www.pmjohngant.com
John Grant, he was a very good piper. I listening this song every day. Sorry for my english.
From Hungary.
+Jánoska Mátyás I'm glad you like it, Jánoska, but John Grant composed this--I am playing it myself.
Thank you, e2k42. As Grant's biographer, I would be the last to deride him the way norwoodjazz intimates. I don't understand why some people have to rant like that. Just enjoy the music!
Bill Livingstone has two CD's out, there is a collection out caled "Masters of Piobaireachd." He, Roderick McLeod, Bruce Gandy--have CD's. My favourites include The Glen is Mine, Too Long in This Condition, Lord Lovat's Lament, MacKintosh's Lament, Corrienessan;s Salute, Lament for Donald Dugald MacKay.
They are McCallums. Bought them new in 2001. Thanks for the compliment. I love them!!
To me this is true piping. Never get the chance to hear this these days.
This is some of the best played piobaireachd I've heard in a while. Ornamentations and timing are outstanding. Do you compete??
Peter, there are other piobaireachd videos on UA-cam--try some of those. If you have access to a Celtic store in your city, or go on-line to most bagpipe supply stores (like Henderson Imports, Celtic Fire, College of Piping), they have piobaireachd CD's for sale.
fantastic piping!
Amazing. So hard to keep the tempo. Masterful
there is no tempo per say for piobraireached
The bagpipe, in several style's, can be found from Ireland to the Middle East and beyond into Iran. So is that hand drum. (Daf) drumming. Daf drum's have jingly thing's inside them. Neat sound!
Concerning amateur vs. professional, in MOST fields, a "professional" is someone who earns a living in the field. In bagpiping, "professional" is a competitive designation, since most people (regardless of ability) do not make their living as pipers.
Amateur literally means someone who loves the art, and was not always (and is STILL not always) considered a denigratory term.
For me 'cosmological' actually is a great way to describe my idea of Pibroch. I used primeval recently, but that isn't quite it. How do you explain being lost in time and space and out of yourself. thanks Peter tellson.
Suddenly subscribed!
Love the Piobaieachd after a large Laphroig Scotch or two.
I had to do some research....for the sake of history of the music.....it calls to me....it is important.....most grand.....
beautiful piping.
excellent
Can't find words
+Zoltán Gódor (OtherGuy) I understand.
+Zoltán Gódor (OtherGuy) Kedves Zoltán!
Én mindennap meghallgatom ezt a csodás dudaszót.
Lehet félreértett :)
Gyönyörű és azért nem találok rá szót...
mocmus: its a very nice tune... here in hungary we have a saying for things that are so beautiful, that we can't find words...
If you're piping here, than you made at least one more piper. The first 'pibroch' I started to learn was this... immediately after the "necessary" amazing grace + scotland the brave
I'm not saying that I'm the most perfect player out there, but learning this tune was and still is one of the most joyful thing for me.
Along with many other piobaireachd...
Proud to play the pipes, and very happy about it...
lament for the old sword
@Sunwolfe No, Sunwolfwe, it's me playing. Unfortunately, Grant never left behind any recordings--which is a real shame, because it would help us understand so much about his opinions of piping technique.
buetyful music magical real bagpipe music I can play light music but this kind just so buetyful peaceful
I agree with you!
Tapadh leibh, Ricardo.
Pipers years ago might learn ceol beg to play tunes at ceili's or marching tunes in a pipe band. Instructors expected them to eventually develop competence playing piobaireachd which was seen a prerequisite to having the skills expected of a world class piper.
Tapadh leibh!
Mirriam-Webster:
"Amateur
one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession."
The dismissive "rank amateur" definition is secondary. I think we can safely assume that the bio was using the primary definition of "amateur" in referring to Mr Grant.
^_^
No - its me playing.
@piobairesicago Thank you!
I bet you the dislikes didn't even bother to listen to this wonderful composition.
The book is missing a couple lines of the Taorluath and Crunluath Singling and Doubling. Do you know where the correct score can be found? Thank you.
pmjohngrant.com/pdf/12%20-%20Lament%20for%20the%20Earl%20of%20Dunmore.pdf
@@mocmus Thanks very much!
Who is the piper? Is it actually John Grant? Good quality recording if it is!
There's nothing wrong with being an amateur - it just means you don't perform for a living. The best cello player I ever heard was an amateur, but some of the best professionals have magnificent technique but no music.
Sad that the US doesn’t recognized his piobrochs. I play this one anyway. I just hand the judge the music. If they like great. If not I don’t care. I’ve been yelled at for not using Killberry.
heretichunter74 Where are you? USA? So happy you are playing this! I’d love to hear a recording!! Do you have my book? Www.pmjohngrant.com. It’s on half off sale!
@@mocmus Goodday, Is this Dr. Armstrong? Yes I am in the US. Florida to be exact. I stumbled across the P/M Grant website while looking for more than just the Kilberry group pibrochs and after hearing on UA-cam the Lament for the Earl of Dunmore, I became enamored with it's composition. I recently purchased on AMAZON the book Piobaireachd by P/M Grant. And I've read many of the PDF's on the John Grant website. His 6/8 marches are also enjoyable to play. Please pm me.
heretichunter74 I can’t figure out how to pm on UA-cam. How about friending me on FB? You also have my email address on my webpage.
@@mocmus I went ahead and requested to follow your FB page. One used to be able to go to the ABOUT tab on your UA-cam home page and send a PM. Apparently that's gone now.
By the way kin,what pipes are you playing in this recording?.thier grand.
When I wrote 'best professionals' it should have been ' "best" professionals'.
I meant to ask, where can I purchase these John Grant piobaireachds ?
davindaire you can download some of them on my website: pmjohngrant.com. Thank you for your comments and interest.
Smah shin.alba gu brath.
Any idea as to where I can find sheet?
cameron Jodoin on my website www.pmjohngrant.com. Look under original piobaireachds. Or you could purchase my book with all of his music. See “shop” in the above website.
Sounds very similar to Auld Lange Synn yes I’m Scottish
I don’t hear the connection at all and yes I am too.
mocmus I think it may of been the way I heard it and cool
go an mhaith ar fad, go go hálainn.
simply assume true piping
Sorry folks,posted on wrong page...oooops...
Definitely no appropriate fe a christening.Mostly played at funerals.It was adapted from an ancient celtic tune after the battle of flodden.Nobody,living now,knows whether or no the original composition was a lament or how old it is.There is debate as to whether or no "flowers of the forrest"should ONLY be played at funerals,with the majority of pipers saying yes . Myself,am in the minority.That said,I always tell the story of its origins before i play it.But please,not at a christening!
I prefer piobaireachd..
No one writing piobaireachd and piping for 50 years can be accurately described as an "amateur piper".
That's not only sophomorically silly & ethically moronic; it is also grossly misleading to the general public.
More notably, cavalierly portraying John Grant as an "amateur piper" demeans every cultural and traditional aspect of the great Highland bagpipes throughout history.
Nice back-stabbing job on a long-dead piper.
Why stop there?
Why not call Piper John Grant a "rank amateur"?
Two people don't like Ceòl Mòr.
Nyup Nyuup I'm sure there are way more than two!! That's there loss.
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