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Dixon, William.
The Master Piper ; Nine notes that shook the world
Reference : 167ISBN : 978-1-8-72277-33-2
Hawick, Dragonfly Music 1995 2002 2011 4° 21 x 29,7 illustrated purple paperback brochure 134 pp. (1-134) A Border Bagpipe Repertoire prick’d down by William DIXON AD 1733 ; Presented by Matt SEATTLE ; AD 2011; references, commentary, II appendix ; Front cover by David Hall;
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William Dixon's repertoire is the only known 'horse's mouth' record of Border piping from a time when, and a place where, the tradition was at its peak. It furnishes a firm foundation not only for a revival of that tradition but also its revitalisation. 'Beyond all reasonable doubt, this is the oldest known manuscript of bagpipe music. Need I say more?' (Roderick D Cannon, Music Editor, The Piobaireachd Society, November 1995);
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