Harps and Harpists
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, 1999
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1989 Indiana 1st printing, Fine-/VG DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has short creases at head of spine & top corners, short tear at rear corner, in new Mylar, bottom corner slightly inturned, no markings found, a sound copy.
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- Title
- Harps and Harpists
- Author
- Rensch, Roslyn
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253349036
- ISBN 13
- 9780253349033
- Dimensions
- 9x6x1
Part I considers the harps of the ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Cycladic peoples, those of the fabled Scythians, and traditional instruments still played in Burma and Afghanistan. Part II presents the non-pedal harp in the Western world, from early in the Christian era to the 20th-century. Examples from art and literature are discussed, along with extant early harps and some important harpists and their music. Part III traces the development of the pedal harp over the last 300 years. Famous performers, teachers, and harps are highlighted. The book concludes with information on the modern study of the harp, on harp societies, conferences and competitions, and on the burgeoning repertoire of harp musi
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This is the paperback edition of a book originally published in 1989. It is lavishly illustrated (the picture credits run to five pages) and exhaustively footnoted. Although Harps and Harpists is certainly written with a rather narrow core audience in mind--readers who are involved personally or professionally with harps--it is quite readable. It should also interest readers who are curious about the social history of ethnic Celtic societies in which the harp played a significant cultural part, and of 18th-century France. --Sarah Bryan Miller
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