The Dudelsack (a podcast about bagpipe music new and old with Dr. Key)

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Welcome to my podcast on bagpipe composers and bagpipe music. My name is Jordan Alexander Key; I am a composer and a bagpiper, and I started this podcast and its related series of musical recordings to share with you music for this instrument that I love.

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Episode 3 - Roderick Campbell, The 'Grandfather of Canadian Bagpiping'

Support "The Dudelsack" educational podcast on Patreon at: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/JordanAlexanderKey Though not a household name to the average piper, Roderick Campbell’s contribution to the catalog of great pipe tunes is outstanding. For those who today treasure his tunes, his best and perhaps most beloved are the stately 2/4 marches “The Royal Scottish Pipers Society” and “The Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band,” the bold 6/8 marches “The Laird of Auchernach” and “The Banks of the Skiach” (SKEE...

Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 3

Episode 2 - William Lawrie, The Piper Who Dared Defy the Judges

Support "The Dudelsack" educational podcast on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/JordanAlexanderKey Given his talent as a performer, composer, and teacher, William Lawrie’s (1881 - 1916) premature death in 1916 at 35 years old remains one of piping’s greatest untimely losses. William Lawrie’s primary legacy is the few compositional gems that he gave the piping world. Due to his premature death, his output was small – only about 21 tunes with some debatably attributed; however, nearly all of hi...

Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 2

Episode 1 - Peter R MacLeod Sr, The Piper Whose Music was ‘Too Difficult’

Support "The Dudelsack" educational podcast on Patreon at: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/JordanAlexanderKey Peter Roderick MacLeod (1879-1965) is one of the most iconic bagpiper-composers of the early 20th century, laying a foundation of style upon which many bagpipe composers would build to the present. In addition to the exceeding quality of many of his tunes, he was a relatively prolific composer, his oeuvre estimated to be well over 200 tunes, many of which are currently lost and/or unpublished. ...

Jun 26, 2023•44 min•Ep. 1

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