Tag: The Little Cascade

The art and mystery of composition for the bagpipe: part 1

The art and mystery of composition for the bagpipe: part 1

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by BILL LIVINGSTONE. Piping Today #100, 2020. The ability to compose music, any music, for the bagpipe or otherwise is a peculiar talent and very difficult to describe or define. We know what the results of the effort are, but not much is known about the process itself. Everyone has […]

Big Ben chimes inspire new 3/4

Big Ben chimes inspire new 3/4

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Inspiration comes from many places. For G. S. MacLennan, for exampe, it was a dripping tap that inspired him to create The Little Cascade. For Donald MacLeod, it was seemingly the sound of some pipers throwing up on a bus returning from a pipe band competition that lay behind his […]