‖ urlar
(ˈʊəlɑː(r))
[Gael.]
(See quots.)
| 1889 Cent. Dict. s.v. Pibroch, It consists of a ground⁓theme or air called the urlar, followed by several variations,..the whole concluding with a quick movement called the creanduich. 1900 C. S. Thomason Ceol Mor 5 The Ground or Urlar, which corresponds to the Thema or Theme of ordinary modern music. 1925 J. P. Grant Piobaireachd 27 All that appears is the Urlar and a Doubling. The first and third lines of the Urlar correspond with Angus Mackay's MS. 1962 A. MacLeod Eighth Seal iv. 44 Flora had been working out the urlar, the groundwork or theme of her pibroch. 1977 Meanjin (Austral.) XXXVI. i. 80 Urlar and Siubhal..are respectively the ‘ground’ and ‘variations’ in classical pipe music. |