Originally Posted by
PiperPadre
Beautiful.
As a piper and Baroque cellist, this speaks to my heart. Thanks for the link, Richard.
You're welcome!
As you probably know, the same family of French court musicians that developed the Baroque flute, clarinet, and oboe also developed a Baroque bagpipe specifically designed to play the art-music of the time.
It was called the Musette de Cour (Bagpipe of the Court) and was quite popular for a period.
When dynamics became important fixed-volume instruments such as the recorder and musette were phased out.
Anyhow one of the best pieces composed for the Musette de Cour is this one, by Nicolas Chedeville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc9wFPbB3-0
Now, this recording has a string instrument doing the brilliantly written bass part. However my favourite recording has a Bassoon doing the bass line, which is really cool because both the bagpipe and bassoon are double-reeds, and IMHO the bass line comes out more dramatically.
Last edited by OC Richard; 30th September 24 at 08:45 AM.
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