Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
Whilst the Royal Marines have no pipes, their drums are renowned and they have made many recordings.How about YouTube? Oh and whilst you are at it, the "last post" on their sterling silver bugles is spine tingling.
I have just looked------- lots to see and hear. Just type in Royal Marine band on You Tube. Better still, try "the Royal Marine Corps of Drums"
Excellent suggestions, great video. Additionally, the folks over at Bobdunsire suggested tracking down a CD of the 78th Highlander at Halifax Citadel, whose band is dedicated, inter alia, to preserving military music of a bygone era, including the rope tension drum. Searching for "78th Highlander" on Youtube can also bring up their competition pipe band [which has won the Canadian championships in years gone by], but other videos are of their "historical" band. Wonderful stuff. Thanks again for the great idea. Best regards, BYU
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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