pibrochs

I had learned to play laments - the pibrochs - as a boy, chiefly for the unromantic reason that their slowness meant I had more time to get the notes right.

They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

Besides, I had political problems with some of the pibrochs, the ancient laments for the deaths and defeats of history.

They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

The mountain minstrelsy, which sounded the appropriate pibrochs or battle tunes of the rival confederacies, was silent when they entered on the Inch, for such was the order which had been given.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

These warlike minstrels, who had the highest opinion, each, of the superiority of his own tribe, joined to the most overweening idea of the importance connected with his profession, at first, performed their various pibrochs in front each of his own clan.

A Legend of Montrose 2008

It would have been hidden away after Culloden, along with the pistols and the swords, with the pipes and their pibrochs-all the symbols of pride conquered.

Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

Besides, I had political problems with some of the pibrochs, the ancient laments for the deaths and defeats of history.

To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996

I had learned to play laments - the pibrochs - as a boy, chiefly for the unromantic reason that their slowness meant I had more time to get the notes right.

To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996

The most striking examples of Scotch music are the pibrochs and strathspeys.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Even when the most distinctive Scotch pibrochs were played I was quite conscious of an Eastern clash in them which no Scot could or would have given.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Whom pibrochs pierce not, crystals cannot cloy; --

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902