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Pibroch

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a form of music as played by the bagpipe. The word is derived from the Gaelic piobaireachd, the art of the bagpiper. This special form of bagpipe music, consisting of a series of variations founded on a theme, was called the urlar.. These variations are generally of a martial or warlike character and include dirges and marches (see Bagpipe).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pibroch'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/pibroch.html. 1910.
 
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