Word: piobaireachd
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...days last week in the first postwar piping competition of Scotland's Piobaireachd* (pronounced peebrook) Society, 35 brightly kilted professional bagpipers skirled and wailed like caterwauling cats on the warpath. To protect the pipes from the hazards of the Inverness climate, the contest, usually an outdoor affair, was held in a small, grey stone hall. The hall's acoustics put the pipes out of tune, and their braying was flatter than ever...
...pipers solemnly paced and danced about the stage as they piped marches and piobaireachds, a kind of wailing dirge which sounds like the cries of caged animals. Said Archibald Campbell: "We purists are passionately devoted to the piobaireachd." When the last piper had piped, one of the judges complained of a cramp and was heard to mutter: "Och, it's a terrible long business, terrible long." Another admitted to "a little pressure around the temples." The judges sadly agreed that the war years had not improved the quality of the pipers...
...Piobaireachd was anglicized to pibroch in the 18th Century but Gaelic purists still cling to the ancient spelling...
There developed in Scotland a warlike form of music called in Gaelic Piobaireachd in English, pibroch. It became the national classical music and had many variations. These were taught on the Island of Skye by one John M'Crummen, professor at the Skye Bagpipe-College. His pupils, illiterate Highland lads, could not read music so were taught verbal note-equivalents, thus...
...Piobaireachd. Pipers had to play the warlike Cumha-Mhican-Toisich (Mackintosh's Lament). They were judged on their interpretation and feeling, technical facility and smart appearance. First prize: $75 and a gold medal for the best Piobaireachd piper in Canada. Winner: Norman McPherson of Hamilton...
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