Crossword clues for pibroch
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pibroch \Pi"broch\, n. [Gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr.
piobair a piper, fr. pioba pipe, bagpipe, from English. See
Pipe, n.]
A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the
musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to
those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the
Highlanders when they go out to battle.
--Jamieson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of bagpipe music, 1719, from Gaelic piobaireachd, literally "piper's art," from piobair "a piper" (from piob "pipe," an English loan word; see pipe (n.1)) + -achd, suffix denoting function.
Wiktionary
n. A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature.
WordNet
n. martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes
Wikipedia
Pibroch is the classical art music of the Great Highland Bagpipe of Scotland.
Pibroch may also refer to:
- Pibroch (Vessel), a clyde puffer currently moored in Ireland
- Pibroch, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
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Pibroch, Piobaireachd or Ceòl Mòr is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. Strictly meaning "piping" in Scottish Gaelic, piobaireachd has for some four centuries been music of the Great Highland Bagpipe. Music of a similar nature, pre-dating the adoption on the Highland pipes, has historically been played on the wire-strung Gaelic harp ( clarsach) and later on the Scottish fiddle, and this form is undergoing a revival.
A more general term is ceol mor ( (reformed spelling); ceòl mór (unreformed spelling)), meaning the "great music", to distinguish this complex extended art-music from the more popular Scottish music such as dances, reels, marches and strathspeys, which are called ceòl beag or "little music".
The Pibroch was a Clyde Puffer that was built in Glasgow during 1957. It is one of the last of this type of vessel remaining today.
Usage examples of "pibroch".
The moment they set foot on the deck of the DUNCAN, the piper blew his bagpipes, and commenced the national pibroch of the Malcolm clan, while loud hurrahs rent the air.
No other could wake such detestable groans, With reed and with chaunter - with bag and with drones: All day and ill night he delighted the chiels With sniggering pibrochs and jiggety reels.