Harps & Harpists
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 1989
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Near fine first printing in brown cloth with heavy bright gilt on spine, in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. Written by a musician and art historian, and illustrated with more than 130 drawings and photographs. A survey of the history of the harp from antiquity to modern times. 329 pp. Music, History, Harps, Harpists.
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- Title
- Harps & Harpists
- Author
- Rensch, Roslyn
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253349036
- ISBN 13
- 9780253349033
- Edition
- First Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- History, Music
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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Review
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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