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The Harp

Author : Roslyn Rensch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harp written by Roslyn Rensch and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by an art historian who is also a performing harpist, this book provides, in a single source, information on the development of the harp and its technique and repertoire. The first part is devoted to a lucid exposition of the history of the instrument and is documented by over 70 illustrations of carvings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, and musical instruments. Dr. Rensch traces the harp from its representation on monuments of the ancient East to its present-day form. There is material from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, and Greece, with a rich haul from medieval manuscripts and carvings of Western Europe. Harps portrayed by master painters, from the early Renaissance to the baroque period, and some extant harps from the late Middle Ages are also described in detail. There is an extensive discussion of the pedal harp, from the earliest instruments made by Hochbrucker, Cousineau, Naderman, and Erard to harps made in America in the twentieth century by Lyon and Healy and by Wurlitzer. Contributions of the virtuoso harpists of the nineteenth century and important harpist-teachers of the twentieth are noted. Modern use of the harp is also surveyed. The book's information on technical points, special effects, and the like will be of particular interest. A full list of recordings of solo and ensemble music and a carefully chosen list of compositions, graded for school use, are included in the appendixes. There are also a comprehensive bibliography and an index. The material of this book will be of wide interest to the professional musician, the music educator, and the composer; students of the harp will find it a vital source of information."--Jacket.

Hanish

Author : Nicolas Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733279901
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Hanish written by Nicolas Carter and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a dream, a young boy named Hanish transforms a hunting bow into the first harp and shares his music with the world.

The Story of the Irish Harp

Author : Nora Joan Clark
Publisher : North Creek Press
ISBN 13 : 9780972420204
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Irish Harp written by Nora Joan Clark and published by North Creek Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since early times in Ireland and nearby Celtic lands, the Irish harp and its music have captivated musicians and audiences alike. Numerous historical aspects, such as the function of the harper at Tara, the seat of ancient Irish kings, is explored in this comprehensive history of the harp of Ireland. Through the ages, the harp has been a symbol of the lyrical nature of Ireland and the Irish people. This book explores the reawakening of this beautiful instrument in Ireland and around the world in the mid-twentieth century and beyond, touching on the quite recent development of the popular Folk and Celtic harps of today.

First Harp Book

Author : B. Paret
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780793555239
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book First Harp Book written by B. Paret and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harp

The Book of the Harp

Author : John Marson
Publisher : Kevin Mayhew Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781844173433
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Harp written by John Marson and published by Kevin Mayhew Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tree of Strings

Author : Keith Sanger
Publisher : Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music
ISBN 13 : 9781138124158
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Tree of Strings written by Keith Sanger and published by Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published. It sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the Pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present day. Describing the different harps played in the Highlands and the Lowlands of Scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the Royal Courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateurs. They vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the Highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuries. The music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of Scotland are described. The authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscripts. They also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early Celtic harps and their music. This book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of Scottish culture.

Harps and Harpists

Author : Roslyn Rensch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Harps and Harpists written by Roslyn Rensch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six thousand years of lavishly illustrated harp history

The History of the Erard Piano and Harp in Letters and Documents, 1785–1959

Author : Robert Adelson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316407330
Total Pages : 2489 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Book Synopsis The History of the Erard Piano and Harp in Letters and Documents, 1785–1959 by : Robert Adelson

Download or read book The History of the Erard Piano and Harp in Letters and Documents, 1785–1959 written by Robert Adelson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 2489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sébastien Erard and the firm that carried his name are seminal in the history of musical instruments. Erard's inventions - especially the double escapement for the piano and the double-action for the harp - have had an enormous impact on instruments and musical life and are still at the foundation of piano and harp building today. The recently discovered archives of the Erard piano and harp building firm are perhaps the largest and most complete record of musical instrument making anywhere, containing never-before-published correspondence from musicians including Mendelssohn, Liszt and Fauré. These volumes present the archive's records and documents in two parts, the first relating to inventions, business, composers and performers and the second to the Erard family correspondence. In both the original French and with English translations, the documents offer fascinating insights into the musical landscape of Europe from the start of Erard's career in 1785 to the closure of the firm in 1959.

The Egan Irish Harps

Author : Nancy Hurrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846827594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Egan Irish Harps written by Nancy Hurrell and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the politically charged era following the 1801 Act of Union, when Ireland's harp symbol was ubiquitous in political imagery, the playable instrument, the Gaelic harp, had largely disappeared. John Egan, a self-taught inventor, conceived a new national instrument, the "Portable Irish Harp," with innovative mechanisms to expand the harp's chromatic capabilities. The template for the modern Irish harp, Egan's design was imitated a century later by several principal harp makers. Antique Egan harps, prized as rare cultural artefacts and art objects, survive in museums and private collections worldwide, and the book's illustrations and a "Catalogue of Egan Harps" are an invaluable resource. This book on Ireland's renowned harp maker, John Egan, and the Egan family firm, reveals the significance of Egan harps in shaping Irish harp history.

The Sacred Harp

Author : Buell E. Cobb, Jr.
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820323713
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Harp written by Buell E. Cobb, Jr. and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On any Sunday afternoon a traveler through the Deep South might chance upon the rich, full sound of Sacred Harp singing. Aided with nothing but their own voices and the traditional shape-note songbook, Sacred Harp singers produce a sound that is unmistakable--clear and full-voiced. Passed down from early settlers in the backwoods of the Southern Uplands, this religious folk tradition hearkens back to a simpler age when Sundays were a time for the Lord and the “singings.” Illustrated with forty-one songs from the original songbook, The Sacred Harp is a comprehensive account of a unique form of folk music. Buell Cobb’s study encompasses the history of the songbook itself, an analysis of the music, and an intimate portrait of the singers who have kept alive a truly American tradition.

The Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland

Author : Michael Wright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135154330X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland written by Michael Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The jews-harp is a distinctive musical instrument of international importance, yet it remains one of those musical instruments, like the ocarina, kazoo or even the art of whistling, that travels beneath the established musical radar. The story of the jews-harp is also part of our musical culture, though it has attracted relatively little academic study. Britain and Ireland played a significant role in the instrument?s manufacture and world distribution, particularly during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Drawing upon previously unknown written sources and piecing together thousands of fragments of information spanning hundreds of years, Michael Wright tells the story of the jews-harp?s long history in the Britain and Ireland. Beginning with an introductory chapter describing the instrument, Part One looks at the various theories of its ancient origin, how it came to be in Europe, terminology, and its English name. Part Two explores its commercial exploitation and the importance of the export market in the development of manufacturing. Part Three looks the instrument?s appearance and use in art, literature and the media, finally considering the many players who have used the instrument throughout its long history.

The Makers of the Sacred Harp

Author : David Warren Steel
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252077601
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Makers of the Sacred Harp written by David Warren Steel and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative reference work investigates the roots of the Sacred Harp, the central collection of the deeply influential and long-lived southern tradition of shape-note singing. David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan concentrate on the regional culture that produced the Sacred Harp in the nineteenth century and delve deeply into history of its authors and composers. They trace the sources of every tune and text in the Sacred Harp, from the work of B. F. White, E. J. King, and their west Georgia contemporaries who helped compile the original collection in 1844 to the contributions by various composers to the 1936 to 1991 editions. Drawing on census reports, local histories, family Bibles and other records, rich oral interviews with descendants, and Sacred Harp Publishing Company records, this volume reveals new details and insights about the history of this enduring American musical tradition. David Waren Stel is an associate professor of music and southern culture at the University of Mississippi. Richard H. Hulan is an independent scholar of American folk hymnody.

The Harp in Wales

Author : Bruce Cardwell
Publisher : Seren Books
ISBN 13 : 9781781720806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Harp in Wales written by Bruce Cardwell and published by Seren Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated celebration of the harp in Wales, the iconic musical instrument central to the culture and identity of Wales, and including interviews with leading harpists and harp makers, this book is the essential guide. Foreword by Catrin Finch.

A String in the Harp

Author : Nancy Bond
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 068950036X
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book A String in the Harp written by Nancy Bond and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1976 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates what happens to three American children, unwillingly transplanted to wales for one year, when one of them finds an ancient harp-uning key that takes him back to the time of the great sixth-century bard Taliesin.

Harp Making in Late-Georgian London

Author : Mike Baldwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781527265110
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Harp Making in Late-Georgian London written by Mike Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-21 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the eighteenth century, after the French Revolution, the centre of pedal-harp making moved from Paris to London. There, building on the work of its Bavarian originators and Parisian developers, mainly immigrant makers elevated the instrument to new musical, technical, and decorative heights, and placed it in the hands and salons of the British upper classes and aristocracy. Until recently, the story of harp making in England has been dominated by the Erard family who built about 7,000 of an estimated 22,000 harps made in London during the nineteenth century; some 20 other makers have been all but forgotten. This book, the story of harp making in late-Georgian England, assesses the role and consumption of the harp in society whilst describing its decorative and technical development. Forgotten makers and their innovations are identified. Through the lens of newly discovered documents and the reinterpretation of others, Jacob Erat's manufactories are reconstructed. His working methods, illustrative of those used in the wider industry, are rediscovered, and employees and suppliers are revealed anew.

Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp

Author : Sylvia Woods
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780936661421
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp written by Sylvia Woods and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1987-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches the student step by step how to play the harp. Each of the 12 lessons includes instructions, exercises, and folk and classical pieces using the new skills and techniques taught in the lesson. --from publisher description.

American Harpist

Author : Stephanie Curcio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578893525
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book American Harpist written by Stephanie Curcio and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harp culture in America began in the early 1900s in New York City. Stephanie Curcio grew up and studied harp during those times. She shares her experiences as well as her contributions to the world of harp. She also provides insights into growing a career, teaching/pedagogy, ensemble/orchestral work, competitions, various styles, composing, notation, copyright and music publishing.