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pibroch

N เพลง ปี่ สก๊อต 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIBROCH

n.A wild irregular species of music, peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland. It is performed on a bagpipe, and adapted to excite or assuage passion, and particularly to rouse a martial spirit among troops going to battle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PIBROCH

Pi "broch, n. Etym: [Gael. piobaireachd pipe music, fr. piobair a piper, fr. pioba pipe, bagpipe, from English. See Pipe, n.]

 

Defn: A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. Jamieson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pibroch

pi broch |ˈpēbräk ˈpiˌbrɑx ˈpiˌbrɑk | noun a form of music for the Scottish bagpipes involving elaborate variations on a theme, typically of a martial or funerary character. a piece of such music. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic piobaireachd art of piping, from piobair piper, from piob, from English pipe .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pibroch

pibroch |ˈpiːbrɒk, ˈpiːbrɒx | noun [ mass noun ] a form of music for the Scottish bagpipes involving elaborate variations on a theme, typically of a martial or funerary character. [ count noun ] a piece of pibroch music. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic piobaireachd art of piping , from piobair piper , from piob, from English pipe .

 

Duden Dictionary

Pibroch

Pi b roch , Pi broch Substantiv, maskulin , der |P i broch |der Pibroch; Genitiv: des Pibrochs, Plural: die Pibrochs schottisch-englisch ; »Pfeifenmelodie «altschottisches Musikstück mit Variationen für den Dudelsack