Support "The Dudelsack" educational podcast on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/JordanAlexanderKey Given his talent as a performer, composer, and teacher, William Lawrie’s (1881 - 1916) premature death in 1916 at 35 years old remains one of piping’s greatest untimely losses. William Lawrie’s...

Peter Roderick MacLeod (1879-1965) is one of the most iconic bagpiper-composers of the early 20th century, laying a foundation of style upon which many bagpipe composers would build to the present. In addition to the exceeding quality of many of his tunes, he was a relatively prolific composer,...