Scotland's music
Subtitle: a history of the traditional and classical music of Scotland from early times to the present day
By: John Purser.
Publisher: Mainstream
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781845961602
Subjects: Music -- Scotland -- History and criticism; Folk music -- Scotland -- History and criticism
Notes: Radio tie-in.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-384), discography (p. 385-394), glossary and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The Scottish idiom; title: Birds, stones, bulls and boars 2500 BC-AD 400; title: Briton, Pict and Scot 600-800; title: The bell and the chant 500-1100; title: Cathedral voices 800-1300; title: Ballads, bards and makars 1100-1500; title: Gaelic bards, bagpipes and harps 1100-1600; title: The golden age 1490-1550; title: Reform 1513-1580; title: The two Maries 1540-1590; title: At the courts of the last king 1570-1630; title: Music of the west 1530-1760; title: From Covenanters to Culloden 1630-1750; title: From Rome to home 1660-1720; title: The temple of Apollo 1740-1770; title: The Scots musical museum 1760-1850; title: The withdrawing room and the concert hall 1820-1920; title: Sea, field and music hall 1820-1918; title: Between two wars 1900-1950; title: A new accommodation 1950s-1990s; title: Breaking the moulds 1960-.