Piper Dreams
1959 Grammy's
The March King
Celtic Instruments
100

The Northumbrian Smallpipes are from the Northeast part of this UK country, located on the island of Great Britain.

England

100

The first grammy awards were held in 1959 in this city where Broadway was born.

New York, New York

100

John Philip Sousa was born in this city, the federal district of the United States.

Washington, D.C.

100

A common instrument in classical and American folk and bluegrass music, this instrument is played with a bow.

Fiddle

200

A more recent addition to the bagpipe family, the Marktsackpfeife was developed in this European country in the 1980’s for the specific purpose of playing at fairies and markets.

Germany

200

This “Lady of Song” won Best Jazz performance for an individual by singing the Duke Ellington Songbook.

Ella Fitzgerald

200

Sousa was instrumental in the development of the Sousaphone, a relative of this large brass instrument that provides the bass lines.

Tuba

200

The bouzouki can provide both chords and rhythms similar to this 6-string instrument.

Guitar

300

The Great Highland bagpipes are this country’s version of the great Irish warpipes.

Scotland

300

This blue eyed singer was nominated for two separate albums of the year with Come Fly With Me and Only the Lonely, but did not win.

Frank Sinatra

300

Despite composing marches for military bands, Sousa studied this popular orchestral instrument.

Violin

300

The Uilleann Pipes are closely related to their bigger Scottish cousin instruments, known as this.

Bagpipes

400

This boot country features a museum dedicated to bagpipes, the Museo della Zampogna.

Italy

400

Meredith Willson was the composer for “Best Original Cast Album” for this famous musical featuring a con artist posing as a band organizer.

The Music Man

400

The march “Semper Fidelis” by Sousa is the official march and motto of this branch of the military.

United States Marine Corp

400

The bodhran is the core and heartbeat of traditional Irish music as it provides the rhythm since it is one of these types of instruments.

Drum

500

The Galician gaita was popular as early as the 9th century in Galicia (of Spain) and this neighboring country.

Portugal

500

Album of the Year was “The Music from Peter Gunn” written by this composer, also known for composing “Moon River” and the “Pink Panther” theme.

Henry Mancini

500

At the age of 13, Sousa was enlisted in this band as an apprentice, under the title of “boy.”

United States Marine Band

500

The concertina is a smaller version of one of these "squeezeboxes," and uses buttons instead of keys.

Accordion

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