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PIBROCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PIBROCH , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

MUSIC

music as played by the bagpipe . The word is derived from the Gaelic piobaireachd, the See also:

art of the bagpiper . This See also:

SPECIAL

special form of bagpipe music, consisting of a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

variations founded on a theme, was called the urlar . These variations are generally of a See also:

MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial or warlike See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and include dirges and See also:

MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

marches (see BAGPIPE) .

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