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The harp, its history, technique and repertoire, Roslyn Rensch

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The harp, its history, technique and repertoire, Roslyn Rensch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index

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platesmusicillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The harp

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49156

Responsibility statement

Roslyn Rensch

Sub title

its history, technique and repertoire

Table Of Contents

1. The inheritance of the Middle East : Egypt ; Mesopotamia ; Israel ; Greece -- 2. Representations of the harp during the Middle Ages in Western Europe : Early manuscript illuminations ; Relief carvings ; Possible sources ; The frame harp in manuscript drawings of the eleventh century prior to the Norman Conquest -- 3. The harp in art from the Romanesque to the Baroque : The harp in Romanesque art ; Representations in manuscripts, prints and carvings of the thirteenth to the sixteenth century ; Representations in paintings of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- 4. Further notes on the harp without pedals : Some names and literary sources ; Some surviving harps -- 5. The European pedal harp, 1720 -- 1910 : The mechanism ; Harpists, their instruments and their music ; Bochsa and Dorette Spohr ; Berlioz and Parish-Alvars -- 6. The harp in America : Late eighteenth century to early twentieth century ; The Lyon and Healy harp, The Wurlitzer harp, and the concert harpists who played them ; Harp instruction and harpists' organizations -- 7. The modern pedal harp : The harp in ensemble music ; Some problems of performance ; Fundamentals of the harp

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