Cumha Alasdair Dheirg
for 2 voices (solo or choral) and any kind of drone. Duration c. 1’ 30
Just the Ùrlar – duration c. 1′ 30
The full piece (with Taorludh and Crunnludh variations) is available to buy through our shop or via our Patreon. Duration c. 5′
Vocables for the Ùrlar of a bagpipe lament commemorating Red Alasdair (†c. 1630), son of Donald of Laggan, chief of the Glengarry MacDonalds, from the canntaireachd of Iain Dubh MacCruimein (c. 1732 – 1822)
Composed by Barnaby Brown drawing on sources available at pibroch.net/ps100
Sources
All sources available at pibroch.net/ps100/.
Scholarship
BROWN, Barnaby (2006). Refreshingly Different. Piping Today 22, pibroch.net/articles/bjb/2006.pdf.
BROWN, Barnaby (2022). The bad bard is bored: canntaireachd vowels for D, C and B. YouTube, youtube. com/watch?v=QRx1Y2EA6OU.
CARPENTER, Kate (2023). The Gesto Canntaireachd. Cambridge: Lotos Lab, lotos-lab.com/shop.
MACDONALD, Allan (2007). Dastirum. Glasgow: Siubhal.
How to cite this sheet music
BROWN, Barnaby (2026). Paleopibroch 1: Cumha Alasdair Dheirg. figshare, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32190912. License: CC-BY 4.0.