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Ceòl mór / Ceòl-Mór / Ceòl-mòr (m)

great music (compare Pìob mór as a term)
Pìobaireachd

According to Flood "the generic name for what may be termed "classical" pipe music"; NB¹: ➺ William ("Willie") Ross; NB²: ➺ Pibroch.

Sources

Collinson, Francis: The bagpipe: the history of a musical instrument. London, 1975, p.146 (ceòl mór / Ceòl Mór).

Flood, Wm. H. [William Henry] Grattan: The story of the bagpipe. London, 1911, p.208 (Ceol Mor).

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.342 (ceòl mór), 343 (ceòl mór).

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LearnGaelic Dictionary [Find ceòl-mòr].
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