Donald Mac Leod
Pipe Major Donald MacLeod (1917-1982) was a Scottish piper. Born in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, he was one of the finest, most creative and merriest, recent, great highland Scottish bagpipers. He was also a remarkable teacher of the highland bagpipe. In addition, Donald MacLeod was one of the most original and innovative composers for the bagpipe. His most popular and most recorded tunes include "Susan MacLeod", "The Blackberry Bush" and "The Hammer on the Anvil". He died in Glasgow in 1982.
Donald MacLeod's tutorial on pibroch, the classical music of the great Highland Scottish bagpipe, contains 220 recordings of Ceòl Mòr (great music), in 21 volumes. Tutorials are in canntaireachd, spoken word, and on practice chanter. His recordings include Positively Piobaireachd, and Piper in the Nave, (2 vols. containing both Ceòl Mòr and Ceòl Beag (light music)).
The Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition is an invitational piping competition held on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The competition, started in 1994 by the Lewis & Harris Piping Society, was instituted to honour Donald MacLeod.
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