piobaireachd: Lament for the Children - Pipe Major John MacDonald of Inverness, (1865 -- 1953).
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2013
- Recorded London, March 1927
WA-5021-2 Lament for the children (theme) (MacCrimmon) Columbia 4514
WA-5022-2 Lament for the children (1st. variation) (MacCrimmon) Columbia 4514
This record is stated to run at 80rpm instead of the usual 78rpm. I have used a strobe disc to set the machine at 80rpm so it should play at the correct pitch.
The machine is a HMV model 101 portable gramophone from 1926.
This recording was one of a series organised by the Piobaireachd Society. There is a good description of the recording sessions in Donaldson's book "The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society".
You can read more about the tune (and find a score to follow along with) here:
www.pipesdrums.com/ObjectFile....
Thank you brother for sharing this peace of gold with us. Thank you of by heart.!!
One of the greatest pipers to have ever lived. This recording is absolutely amazing and beautiful in 80 rpm and really pulls out the best expression of an already beautiful piobairechd which truly illustrates the beauty of the pipes. As a piper myself, it makes me tear up listening to it.
Super cool!!!!😀 thank you so much for sharing 🎵🎶
I just came across this, thanks for putting it up. In 1927, the year of this recording, John MacDonald added another Gold Clasp at Inverness, and I have that Clasp here in the house along with four others which he won. A tremendous recording in my opinion, made when he was 62 years old.
I really appreciate that you played it at 80 rpm. Most of the transfers that are out there on the internet have been made at 78 and it is too slow. It is subtle, I suppose, but I think it makes quite a difference to the tone. I recently sent my transfers of the set of his records (at 80 rpm) to the Piobaireachd Society. They may show up on their website soon -- or in the fullness of time.
Thanks for taking the trouble to make this available. I felt privileged to have been able to listen to that.
Das Lied hat einen ganz traurigen Hintergrund. Es wurde komponiert von Padraig (Patrick) Mor MacCrimmon im 17. Jahrhundert - um 1650 - nach dem Tod von sieben seiner acht Kinder die an Pocken zugrunde gingen, alle im selben Jahr. Die Kindersterblichkeit war früher groß in Schottland.
Thanks for your comment! The machine is 1926, so made within a year of the record! It is a beautiful record for sure, and it is wonderful to hear a great musician from so long ago.
@simonchadwick Just came across this by accident.......fantastic ! Great to be able to hear it at the correct speed
First time I seen a hand crank record player set up. Thanks for sharing the set up!
It certainly sounds a lot better at this speed than at 78.
the engineers captured a lovely swirl of overtones in those drones.
one of the best players ...EVER
amazing
Cool....
Super!!!!
Thanks valvic99. Yes there are others out there, but as yet I have not been able to get hold of the actual discs. You can hear mp3 transfers of some of the others on Ross Anderson's music page. There's also a complete discography of bagpipe 78s put together by Bill Dean Myatt somewhere out there on the internet, which lists all of John MacDonald's discs.
The one I would particularly like to get hold of is the ground of Maol Donn.
Here are some more.
Patrick Og MacCrimmon's Lament:
ua-cam.com/video/LQZtwQ1mA2U/v-deo.html
Lament for Donald Bán MacCrimmon:
ua-cam.com/video/7GhYeL6JuM8/v-deo.html
MacCrimmon's Sweetheart:
ua-cam.com/video/_9-6ZWVnwck/v-deo.html
And the Little Spree (the Wee Spree):
ua-cam.com/video/StuBIQWS0Ps/v-deo.html
I just wish that they allowed him to play all of it - I suppose that would have made it a collection of 3 or maybe 4 double sided records? I enjoyed it and like Ed commented, it sounds better at the correct speed. I have an MP3 of this but this one is definitely nicer. thanks
Simon, thanks for this. Do you whether there are other John MacDonald recordings out there?
Priceless. Vinyl captures many of the harmonics that other media does not, particularly with pipes. Pitch sounds perfect at 80 rpm (for the time). Would you happen to have a tuning meter? Sometimes there not so accurate on a recording, but I would be interested where John MacDonald is pitched in this recording if you can pick out an A, or other sustained note. Thanks for sharing this. It is truly remarkable.
Vinyl? If the record was produced in 1927 the material would probably have been shellac. Vinyl came into use during and after World war II due to the scarcity of shellac.
check out some further recordings. wonder if they are being played back at proper speed?
pipingpress.com/2016/09/30/new-recordings-from-john-macdonald-inverness/
starts at 2:20
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