On 11 Jul, Anselm Lingnau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wait for another century or so. By that time Highland Cathedral > (which AFAIK was written recently by two chaps from Berlin) *will* be a > traditional Scottish tune. I think it will take rather less than that. Our French hosts, who had two arrangements that included this tune announced it as traditional Scottish Music! I was not suggesting the pipers thought that. There seems to be a great love of this tune among people who otherwise do not listen to much pipe music. I recall an event in Galashiels a couple of years ago in which the compere's idea of a finale was to get everyone playing this along with a piper. (Keep an Eb whistle handy just in case!) I had not even heard the tune until the week before when we heard about this event! I think it has almost supplanted that other "traditional Scottish" favourite "Amazing Grace" which the Kelso pipe band also played. I had difficulty explaining to our host family the meaning of the title "Amazing Grace". I think I was right in saying it was an American quaker hymn or was that Lord of the Dance which was also played by our hosts in our honour! Again surprise it was not Scottish! The French seemed to sing a song of their own to Amazing Grace, by the way. I think the answer, Anselm, is "If you can play it on the GHP then it's Scottish". It makes life a lot simpler! Philip -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
