Anthony Robb skrev:
Yes, I caught it too.
Very heart cockle-warming at this time of year!
Further to Alistair's contribution, many years ago I used to provide
piping illutrations when Colin Ross did illustrated talks on the pipes.
If memory serves I think he had a slide of a 6 inch bronze of a Roman
bagpiper found at Richborough Castle in Kent. Has anyone else seen or
heard of it??
I tried ealier to send a short comment to the group, but I cannot see it
on my computer, so now I try this way using the adresses from Robb's note:
The "Oxford History of Music" makes mention of the first documented
bagpipe being found on a Hittite slab at Eyuk. This sculptured bagpipe
has been dated to 1,000 B.C.
The Roman bagpipes or "tibia utricularis" are represented on coins.
Roman coins have been found showing a person thougt to be Nero playing
the bagpipe (not the fiddle !)
I think that we can conclude that earliest history of the bagpipe
stretches far back in the darkest of history somewhere in Asia Minor.
with best wishes of a peaceful and prosperous new year to ye all
from
Bo Albrechtsen,
Denmark
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