Leo Rowsome

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The Fairies Revel / I Won't Be A Nun 00:00 Tools
The Frieze Breeches 00:00 Tools
The Blackbird 00:00 Tools
The Rocky Road to Dublin 00:00 Tools
Jockey to the Fair 00:00 Tools
The Sweep's Hornpipe / The Friendly Visit 00:00 Tools
Higgin's Hornpipe / The Queen of May 00:00 Tools
St Patrick's Day 00:00 Tools
The Boys Of Wexford / Kelly The Boy From Killane (marches) 00:00 Tools
Boil the Breakfast Early / The Heather Breeze 00:00 Tools
The Old Man Rocking The Cradle 00:00 Tools
Rights of Man / Wexford / Dunphy's Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Gillian's Apples / The Maid of Tramore 00:00 Tools
The Collier's Reel / The Sligo Maid 00:00 Tools
St Patricks Day 00:00 Tools
The Dawn: Music In The Glen 00:00 Tools
The Plains of Boyle / Bantry Bay Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Savoureen Deelish / Clare's Dragoons 00:00 Tools
Airs Of '98: Boolvogue / The Old Bog Road 00:00 Tools
The Broom / Star of Munster / The Milliner's Daughter 00:00 Tools
The Independance Hornpipe / The Star Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Day Dreams / The Low Backed Car 00:00 Tools
The Cook in the Kitchen / The Rakes of Kildare 00:00 Tools
Kitty's Rambles / Donnybrook Fair / The Butcher's March 00:00 Tools
Shandon Bells / Haste to the Wedding 00:00 Tools
Madame Bonaparte 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow Morning / The Cloone Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
My Darling Asleep / Tongues of Fire 00:00 Tools
The Fox Chase 00:00 Tools
The Derry Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
The Death Of Staker Wallace 00:00 Tools
the castle of dromore 00:00 Tools
Planxty Browne 00:00 Tools
The Dawn / Music In The Glen 00:00 Tools
The Boys of Wexford / Kelly the Boy from Killane 00:00 Tools
An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy) 00:00 Tools
Jackson's Morning Brush / The Claire Jig 00:00 Tools
The Kerry Jig / The Ballintore Fancy 00:00 Tools
Maids of Mount Kisco, The Yellow Tinker 00:00 Tools
Cath Eachdhruime (The Battle Of Aughrim) March 00:00 Tools
Boil the Breakfast Early / The Heather Breeze (medley) 00:00 Tools
An Chuilfhionn (The Coolin) 00:00 Tools
the dear irish boy 00:00 Tools
O'Carolan's Concerto - Planxty Davis 00:00 Tools
The Ace and Deuce of Pipering 00:00 Tools
St. Patrick's Day 00:00 Tools
My Darling Asleep/Whelan's Jig 00:00 Tools
An Chúilfhionn (The Coolin) 00:00 Tools
Rí na bPíobairíi (The King of the Pipers) 00:00 Tools
O'Carolan's Concerto / Planxty Davis 00:00 Tools
O'Carolan's Concerto/Planxty Davis 00:00 Tools
Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel, Touch Me If You Dare 00:00 Tools
The Dawn; Music in the Glen 00:00 Tools
Will You Come Down To Limerick?/Hardiman The Fiddler 00:00 Tools
The King Of The Pipers 00:00 Tools
The Pipe on the Hob - The Bride's Favourite 00:00 Tools
Ri Na bPiobairi (The King Of The Pipers) 00:00 Tools
Top of the Cork Road, The Irish Washerwomen 00:00 Tools
Molloy's Favourite / My Sweetheart Jane 00:00 Tools
The Pipe On The Hob / The Bride's Favourite 00:00 Tools
The Kerry Jig - The Ballintore Fancy 00:00 Tools
The Battle Of Aughrim 00:00 Tools
The Dark Slender Boy 00:00 Tools
Jenny's Wedding - Lord MacDonald 00:00 Tools
Will You Come Down To Limerick?; Hardiman The Fiddler 00:00 Tools
Boolavogue/The Old Bog Road 00:00 Tools
Will You Come Down To Limerick? / Hardiman The Fiddler 00:00 Tools
the frieze breeches seven part irish jig 00:00 Tools
Molloy's Favourite/My Sweetheart Jane 00:00 Tools
Molloy's Favourite - My Sweetheart Jane 00:00 Tools
The Coolin 00:00 Tools
The Ace & Deuce Of Pipering 00:00 Tools
The Kerry Jig/The Ballintore Fancy 00:00 Tools
Cath Eachdhruime (The Battle of Aughrim) 00:00 Tools
Jenny's Wedding / Lord MacDonald 00:00 Tools
Savourneen Deelish / Clare's Dragoons 00:00 Tools
The Kerry Jig; The Ballintore Fancy 00:00 Tools
Jenny's Wedding/Lord MacDonald 00:00 Tools
My Darling Asleep / Whelan's Jig 00:00 Tools
Boil the Breakfast Early, The Heather Breeze 00:00 Tools
The Pipe On The Hob; The Bride's Favourite 00:00 Tools
An Buachaıll Caol Dubh 00:00 Tools
Ace And Deuce Of Pipering, The 00:00 Tools
Molloy's Favourite; My Sweetheart Jane 00:00 Tools
The Independent Hornpipe / The Star Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
The Pipe On The Hob/The Bride's Favourite 00:00 Tools
Rí na bPíobairí (The King of the Pipers) 00:00 Tools
My Darling Asleep, Whelan's Jig 00:00 Tools
Boil the Breakfast Early/The Heather Breeze 00:00 Tools
O'Carolan's Concerto; Planxty Davis 00:00 Tools
The Independent/The Star 00:00 Tools
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Leo Rowsome (5 April 1903 - 20 September 1970) was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers. He was performer, manufacturer and teacher of the uilleann pipes - the complete master of his instrument. He devoted his entire life to the uilleann pipes. Samuel Rowsome, Leo’s grandfather sent his sons, John, Thomas and William to a German teacher of music who resided in Ferns, near their home in Co. Wexford to learn the theory of music and how to play various instruments. This knowledge was passed on through William to his son, Leo who made good use of it in his teaching, writing music for his many pupils. Leo was born in Harold's Cross, Dublin in 1903. His father, William realised that his son had the ability to become a talented musician and craftsman. Constantly watching his father making and repairing instruments, Leo learned the art of pipe making and instrument repair. So rapid was his progress at piping that in 1919 at the age of sixteen he was appointed teacher of the uilleann pipes at Dublin’s Municipal School of Music (now D.I.T. Conservatory of Music & Drama) for 50 years. He also taught at Dublin’s Pipers Club of which he was President. In 1925, Leo’s father died at the age of fifty-five. Leo successfully carried on the family business, after completing his own set of pipes in 1926. The instrument remained an object of fascination and veneration for countless audiences at home and abroad. Leo was the first uilleann piper to perform on Irish National Radio in the early 1920s when he played solo and later in duets with Frank O’Higgins (fiddle), Micheal O Duinn (fiddle) and Leo’s brother John (fiddle). Leo’s "All Ireland Trio" comprised Neilus Cronin, flute, Seamus O‘Mahony, fiddle and Leo pipes. He formed his Pipes Quartet in the mid 1930s and broadcast regularly throughout the 1940s/50s. Leo was the first Irish artist to perform on BBC T.V. (1933). He made many recordings for Decca, Columbia and HMV. His last commercial recording, CC1 “Ri na bPiobairi” (King of the Pipers) was made for Claddagh Records in 1966. Leo Rowsome died suddenly whilst adjudicating ‘The Fiddler of Dooney Competition’ in Riverstown, Co. Sligo on 20 September 1970. To commemorate the Centenary of Leo’s birth, his daughter, Helena had some of Leo’s original manuscripts published by Waltons in 2003. "The Leo Rowsome Collection of Irish Music" consists of 428 reels and jigs. Leo’s Tutor for the Uilleann Pipes (published by Waltons 1936) is included in that publication. Leo’s grandson, Kevin (5th generation) is an accomplished uilleann piper. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.