单词 | uillean pipes |
释义 | uillean pipesn. = union pipes n. Rarely in singular.The etymological relationship between the two terms is uncertain. This name is now the usual one. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe bagc1275 stivec1290 cornemusec1384 musettea1393 bagpipec1405 pair1422 pipec1450 muse1484 drone1502 lilt-pipea1525 great pipe1592 miskin1593 Highland pipe1599 small-pipes1656 piffero1724 Highland bagpipe1728 zampogna1740 union pipes1788 Lowland pipes1794 pibroch1807 piob mhor1838 gaita1846 sack pipe1889 set1893 biniou1902 uillean pipes1906 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms at Bagpipe .] 1906 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) II. 509/1 The later bagpipe, the Uillean or Union pipe, blown with a bellows, became popular in Ireland. 1962 Times 16 Nov. 16/1 Ceilidh bands of the venerable Uilleann pipes. 1974 Irish Democrat Nov. 2/4 Irish concert in..Acton Town Hall... Tommy McCarthy (Uillean pipes and concertina). 1980 Observer 10 Feb. 14/8 The ensemble consists of two fiddles, flute, harp, a single~headed drum called the bodhran and the uillean pipes. 1984 Listener 3 May 28/1 Making extensive use of the most beautiful sound on earth, that of uilleann pipes in skilled hands, it was first and foremost a portrait of a contented man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1906 |
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