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Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes. Ur Og and Aji, for 4 bagpipes, bass clarinet & tabla by Canadian composer Michael O'Neill. An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise (1984) by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Sinfonia Concertante for Six Solo Instruments and Orchestra by P.D.Q. Bach features bagpipes as one of the six instruments. Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz. U.S. musician Rufus Harley (b. 1936) was the first jazz perform ...

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Main article: Flamenco Flamenco, an originally Gitano art-form strongly influenced by Andalusian music, consists of three forms: the song (cante), the dance (baile) and the guitar (guitarra). Its first reference in history occurs in 1774, from Cadalso's "Cartas Marruecas". Flamenco probably originated in Cádiz, Jérez de la Frontera and Triana, and is a descendant of musical forms left by Moorish invaders during the 8th-14th century. Influences from the Byzantine Empire, Egypt, Pakistan and India were also ...

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Music of Spain, Music of Spain - Origins, Music of Spain - Early history, Music of Spain - Renaissance, Music of Spain - 17th and 18th centuries, Music of Spain - Pop Music, Music of Spain - Ye-Yé, Music of Spain - Performers, Music of Spain - Flamenco, Music of Spain - Regional folk music, Music of Spain - Basque Country, Music of Spain - Balearic Islands, Music of Spain - Canary Islands, Music of Spain - Murcia, Music of Spain - Extremadura, Music of Spain - Castile Madrid and Leon, Music of Spain - Navarre and La Rioja, Music of Spain - Aragon, Music of Spain - Valencia, Music of Spain - Catalonia, Music of Spain - Galicia Cantabria and Asturias, Music of Spain - Andalusia, Music of Spain - Samples

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The history of the bagpipe is very unclear, however, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. The Roman Emperor Nero is thought to have been a player, reportedly saying he would do penance, for not winning a poetry contest, by playing in public on the tibia utricularis (the Latin name for bagpipe). There are Greek depictions of pipers, and the Roman legions are thought to have marched to bagpipes. The idea of taking a whole or "case" skinned bag and combining it with a chanter and a blowpipe(inflation device) s ...

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Even among aficionados, it is recognized that bagpipes, bagpipers, and bagpipe music can all be legitimate sources of humour. A typical gentle-jab at the field is exemplified by the following jokes: The music of the pipes is best appreciated when heard over a body of water. The width of the Atlantic Ocean is usually considered to be sufficient. and Q. Why do bagpipers walk as they play? A. They're trying to get away from the noise. and Q. What do you call 10 bagpipes under the oc ...

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A bagpipe is a wind instrument consisting of one or more musical pipes which are fed continuously by a reservoir of air in a bag. Air is supplied either by the player's breath (via a blowpipe), or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way valve which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a chanter, upon which the melody is played, and at least one drone, for a simple harmony, although there are a number of important exceptions to this rule. All these pipes are attached to the bag by stocks – smal ...

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The history of the bagpipe is very unclear, however, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. The Roman Emperor Nero is thought to have been a player, reportedly saying he would do penance, for not winning a poetry contest, by playing in public on the tibia utricularis (the Latin name for bagpipe). There are Greek depictions of pipers, and the Roman legions are thought to have marched to bagpipes. The idea of taking a whole or "case" skinned bag and combining it with a chanter and a blowpipe(inflation device) s ...

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Bagpipes, Bagpipes - Overview, Bagpipes - History, Bagpipes - Types, Bagpipes - The great highland bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Irish Uilleann bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Northumbrian smallpipe, Bagpipes - The Scottish smallpipe, Bagpipes - The biniou, Bagpipes - French and Occitan bagpipes, Bagpipes - The border pipe, Bagpipes - The Iberic gaitas, Bagpipes - The Brian Boru bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Italian zampogna, Bagpipes - Categories, Bagpipes - Other types, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in non-traditional forms of music, Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in rock, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in other forms of music, Bagpipes - Bagpipe aphorisms, Bagpipes - Bagpipe humour, Bagpipes - Notes

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A bagpipe is a wind instrument consisting of one or more musical pipes which are fed continuously by a reservoir of air in a bag. Air is supplied either by the player's breath (via a blowpipe), or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way valve which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a chanter, upon which the melody is played, and at least one drone, for a simple harmony, although there are a number of important exceptions to this rule. All these pipes are attached to the bag by stocks – smal ...

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Bagpipes, Bagpipes - Overview, Bagpipes - History, Bagpipes - Types, Bagpipes - The great highland bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Irish Uilleann bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Northumbrian smallpipe, Bagpipes - The Scottish smallpipe, Bagpipes - The biniou, Bagpipes - French and Occitan bagpipes, Bagpipes - The border pipe, Bagpipes - The Iberic gaitas, Bagpipes - The Brian Boru bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Italian zampogna, Bagpipes - Categories, Bagpipes - Other types, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in non-traditional forms of music, Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in rock, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in other forms of music, Bagpipes - Bagpipe aphorisms, Bagpipes - Bagpipe humour, Bagpipes - Notes

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Tin whistle music collections are generally notated in one of three different formats. Tin whistle - Standard musical notation. It is common to score music for the whistle using standard musical notation. The tin whistle is a transposing instrument and there is no real consensus on how tin whistle music should be written, or on how reading music onto the whistle should be taught. It can be said, however, that when music is scored for a soprano whistle, in the key in which it is to sound, then it will be written an octave lower than it sounds, so avoiding use of ledger ...

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A number of music genres commonly feature the tin whistle. Tin whistle - Irish and Scottish music. Traditional music from Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Scotland is by far the most common music to play on the tin whistle, and comprises the vast majority of published scores suitable for whistle players. Musicians who play Irish and Scottish music on the tin whistle perform both solo and as members of bands. While the tin whistle is very common in Irish music to the point that it could be called characteristic of the genre and fairly common in Scottish music, it is ...

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The four core Corrs were born in Dundalk, Ireland, the children of Gerry and Jean Corr, two musicians. The group contains all the Corr siblings, three girls and one boy. Jim Corr (born James Steven Ignatius Corr, on July 31, 1964) is the oldest member of the band. He mainly plays the guitar, but is also proficient on the keyboards and the piano. Sharon Corr (born Sharon Helga Corr, on March 24, 1970) plays the violin and backing vocals. Caroline Corr (born Caroline Georgina Corr, on March 17, 1973) plays drums, percussion, bodhrà ...

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In 1999, having presented the show for 37 years, along with a radio show for approximately 20 years, Byrne stepped down from fulltime broadcasting, though he remains an occasional broadcaster, returning to do such shows as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (which was controversially axed by RTÉ in June 2003). The retirement of Byrne left RTÉ with a problem. The Late Late Show dominated its TAM ratings (viewership figures). Without it, it risked losing its dominance on Friday nights to the other stations available to Irish viewer ...

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Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes. Ur Og and Aji, for 4 bagpipes, bass clarinet & tabla by Canadian composer Michael O'Neill. An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise (1984) by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Sinfonia Concertante for Six Solo Instruments and Orchestra by P.D.Q. Bach features bagpipes as one of the six instruments. Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz. U.S. musician Rufus Harley (b. 1936) was the first jazz perform ...

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Bagpipes, Bagpipes - Overview, Bagpipes - History, Bagpipes - Types, Bagpipes - The great highland bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Irish Uilleann bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Northumbrian smallpipe, Bagpipes - The Scottish smallpipe, Bagpipes - The biniou, Bagpipes - French and Occitan bagpipes, Bagpipes - The border pipe, Bagpipes - The Iberic gaitas, Bagpipes - The Brian Boru bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Italian zampogna, Bagpipes - Categories, Bagpipes - Other types, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in non-traditional forms of music, Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in rock, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in other forms of music, Bagpipes - Bagpipe aphorisms, Bagpipes - Bagpipe humour, Bagpipes - Notes

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Ireland has been inhabited for at least 9000 years, although little is known about the neolithic inhabitants of the island. Early historical and genealogical records note the existance of dozens of different peoples (Cruthin, Attacotti, Conmaicne, Éoganacht, Érainn, Soghain, to name but a few). Over the last 1000 years, there have been influences by the Vikings, who founded several ports, including Dublin, and Normans, with some admixture to the gene pool. However the greater part (80%) of the Irish population descends from the original inhabitants of the islan ...

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The Future of the Band is currently unknown. Andrea Corr is currently undertaking some new projects in acting, and is currently filming a new movie named The Thread alongside Saffron Burrows. The film is said to be a exciting thriller being compared to The Sixth Sense. Sharon Corr is currently pregnant with her first child and presumably will be taking time off to look after her new family. Caroline Corr, busy with her two children, also will be taking time off. Not much is known about Jim Corr as he rarely is seen in the public eye. But he ...

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The Late Late Show - The Live Mike. Within Ireland, the only rival to Byrne's Late Late Show came from within RTÉ. Initially it was from a succession of shows presented by Mike Murphy, a presenter who did more comedy than Byrne and who pitched his shows, notably the acclaimed The Live Mike at a comedic level, including such elements as a candid camera set-up of unsuspecting members of the public (including Byrne once, whom Murphy tormented in the guise of a quizzical Frenchman in Trinity Col ...

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The Late Late Show, The Late Late Show - Hosts, The Late Late Show - Gay Byrne, The Late Late Show - Producer and director, The Late Late Show - Final Show, The Late Late Show - Frank Hall, The Late Late Show - Pat Kenny, The Late Late Show - Choosing Kenny, The Late Late Show - Rival shows, The Late Late Show - The Live Mike, The Late Late Show - Saturday Live & Kenny Live, The Late Late Show - Parkinson & The Late Late Show on Channel 4, The Late Late Show - The Dunphy Show, The Late Late Show - Tubridy Tonight, The Late Late Show - Famous or infamous guests, The Late Late Show - Artists whose first television appearance was on the Late Late Show, The Late Late Show - External link

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See List of The Late Late Show guests Among the many guests on The Late Late Show over 40 years have been: Annie Murphy, mistress of disgraced Irish Catholic Bishop, Eamon Casey Bob Geldof, lead singer with the Boomtown Rats and founder of Live Aid Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian Bono, lead singer with U2 Cathal Daly, retired Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh Cyril Cusack, famous Irish actor Dana, Ireland's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest ...

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The Late Late Show, The Late Late Show - Hosts, The Late Late Show - Gay Byrne, The Late Late Show - Producer and director, The Late Late Show - Final Show, The Late Late Show - Frank Hall, The Late Late Show - Pat Kenny, The Late Late Show - Choosing Kenny, The Late Late Show - Rival shows, The Late Late Show - The Live Mike, The Late Late Show - Saturday Live & Kenny Live, The Late Late Show - Parkinson & The Late Late Show on Channel 4, The Late Late Show - The Dunphy Show, The Late Late Show - Tubridy Tonight, The Late Late Show - Famous or infamous guests, The Late Late Show - Artists whose first television appearance was on the Late Late Show, The Late Late Show - External link

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Even among aficionados, it is recognized that bagpipes, bagpipers, and bagpipe music can all be legitimate sources of humour. A typical gentle-jab at the field is exemplified by the following jokes: The music of the pipes is best appreciated when heard over a body of water. The width of the Atlantic Ocean is usually considered to be sufficient. and Q. Why do bagpipers walk as they play? A. They're trying to get away from the noise. and Q. What do you call 10 bagpipes under the oc ...

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Bagpipes, Bagpipes - Overview, Bagpipes - History, Bagpipes - Types, Bagpipes - The great highland bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Irish Uilleann bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Northumbrian smallpipe, Bagpipes - The Scottish smallpipe, Bagpipes - The biniou, Bagpipes - French and Occitan bagpipes, Bagpipes - The border pipe, Bagpipes - The gaita, Bagpipes - The Brian Boru bagpipe, Bagpipes - The Italian Zampogna, Bagpipes - Categories, Bagpipes - Other types, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in non-traditional forms of music, Bagpipes - Classical works featuring bagpipes, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in jazz, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in rock, Bagpipes - Bagpipes in other forms of music, Bagpipes - Bagpipe aphorisms, Bagpipes - Bagpipe humour, Bagpipes - Notes

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Tin whistle - Whistle keys. The whistle is tuned diatonically, which allows it to be used to easily play music in two major keys and their corresponding minor keys and modes. The whistle is identified by its lowest note, which is the tonic of the lowest major key. Note that this method of determining the key of the instrument is different than the method used to determine the key of a chromatic instrument, which is based on the relationship betwe ...

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The most common tin whistles today are made of brass tubing, or nickel plated brass tubing, with a plastic fipple (mouthpiece). Generation, Feadóg, Oak, Acorn, Soodlum's (now Walton's), and other brands fall in this category. The next most common form is the conical sheet metal whistle with a wooden stop in the wide end to form the fipple, the Clarke's brand being the most prevalent. Other less common variants are the al ...

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L.E. McCullough notes that the oldest surviving whistles date from the 12th century, but that, "Players of the feadan are also mentioned in the description of the King of Ireland's court found in the Brehon Laws dating from the 3rd century A.D."[1] The Tusculum whistle is a 14cm whistle with six finger holes, made of brass or bronze, found with pottery dating to the 14th and 15th centuries; it's currently in the collection of the Museum of Scotland.^{See also:}

Tin whistle, Tin whistle - History, Tin whistle - Contemporary tin whistles, Tin whistle - Tuning, Tin whistle - Whistle keys, Tin whistle - Tuning adjustment, Tin whistle - Playing technique, Tin whistle - Fingering and range, Tin whistle - Ornamentation, Tin whistle - Repertoire, Tin whistle - Irish and Scottish music, Tin whistle - Kwela, Tin whistle - Other music, Tin whistle - Notation, Tin whistle - Standard musical notation, Tin whistle - Tablature, Tin whistle - Abc notation, Tin whistle - Well-known performers

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Ireland - Literature and the arts. Main articles: Irish literature, and Irish art, and [[]], and [[]]See also:

Ireland, Ireland - Politics, Ireland - Geography, Ireland - Flags of Ireland, Ireland - History, Ireland - History since partition, Ireland - Irish Independence: The Irish Free State Éire Ireland, Ireland - Northern Ireland, Ireland - Sport, Ireland - Culture, Ireland - Literature and the arts, Ireland - Music and dance, Ireland - Demographics, Ireland - Infrastructure, Ireland - Transport, Ireland - Energy

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Morrison's influence can be readily seen in the music of many major artists, including U2 (much of The Unforgettable Fire), Bruce Springsteen ("Spirit in the Night", "Backstreets"), John Mellencamp ("A Little Night Dancin'", a cover of Morrison's "Wild Night"), Joan Armatrading, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod Stewart, Patti Smith (her poetic-proto-punk "Gloria" most explicitly), Elvis Costello (who later toured with Morrison), Graham Parker, Daryl Hall, Thin Lizzy, Bob Seger ("I know Springsteen was very much affected by Van Morrison, and so was I." - interview in Creem), Dexys Midnight Runners, Jim ...

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Van Morrison, Van Morrison - History, Van Morrison - Early History, Van Morrison - 1960s, Van Morrison - 1970s, Van Morrison - 1980s, Van Morrison - 1990s, Van Morrison - 2000s, Van Morrison - Influence, Van Morrison - Awards and Recognition, Van Morrison - Discography, Van Morrison - Albums, Van Morrison - Compilations, Van Morrison - Selected Singles, Van Morrison - See Also

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