Word: pibroch
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...exhibit that opened last month at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and will go on to London's Tate Gallery in early 1982. And he has been restored with great care, at much expense, in all his Victorian gloss and tearjerking bluffness. One hears again the squalling pibroch and the coarse jests of whisky millionaires tramping the heather. In this microcosm of gillies and grouse feathers, one is made to see as much moral pathos licked into the pink eye of a rabbit as is pulled by most other Victorian painters from the last act of Romeo and Juliet...
...princess promised in a soft, firm voice "to love, cherish, and to obey" her commoner husband. When they had knelt at the altar and signed the register, the Ogil-vys marched merrily back into the pale afternoon. As they drove off in a crystal coach, bagpipers skirled a pibroch, and the great bells pealed...
...Piobaireachd was anglicized to pibroch in the 18th Century but Gaelic purists still cling to the ancient spelling...
...their names excuse for theft from Lyly, Burton, and Walt Whitman; "Bluebell and Burly, . . Old Drum, . . Rouster, . . Bugler, Fifer, Bounce, Nimble, Witchcraft, Warlock, and Wisdom. . . He told over their names, softly, for their names were autumnal melody ... Ringwood, Dashwood, Robin, Patrona, Pirate, Gadabout. . . Falstaff, Rockaby, Sweetheart, Tireless, Highlander, Pibroch, Chieftan, Crystal, Valkyrie, Beldame, Pickpocket, Tattler, Blackamoor, Dragoon, ... Tipster, Hector, Melodius, Lucifer, Strident, Chorister, Lark, Cherokee, Hurricane, Phoebe, Fanciful, Juno, Linda." Three of Music's puppies, the Cap'n happily named "Do, Re, and Mi." The author evinces an admirable and affectionate knowledge of hounds and fox-hunting...
When the clans gathered in old Scotland there were always bagpiping contests. At every public meeting the piper played to enliven the audience. In 18th century football matches, each team had its bag- piper who entered the field and played the pibroch during the game to inspirit the players. When the clans broke up the art died down, and for many a year was pursued only by individual musicians...