Scottish music and S Guide - Resources and Review

Information about Musica Scotica, a series of editions of early Scottish music which aim to serve both practical and scholarly needs. Includes details of published and forthcoming editions.
 
Listing of music funding opportunities, workshops, courses, conferences and other classical and contemporary music events, and competitions for composers and performers.
 
Searchable database containing records describing Dundee's Wighton Collection of National Music, an extensive repository of Scottish music assembled by Scottish musician Andrew John Wighton (1804
1866).
 
Offers sound samples, general comments, musical notes, and images of bagpipes from around the world.
 
Index to Scottish cultural resources taken from the soc.culture.scottish newsgroup. Topics include Celtic culture and language, Scottish music, literarture and poems, festivals, gaelic, food and drink, politics, tourism, and education.
 
Brief article about the bagpipe discussing its origin, construction, and use. A list of related Internet resources is provided.
 
Service funded by Scottish Arts Council to document and promote Scottish music. Focus is on contemporary classical music, but other types of music are represented.
 
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