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Author: Nora Joan Clark Publisher: North Creek Press ISBN: 9780972420204 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
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.
Author: Nora Joan Clark Publisher: North Creek Press ISBN: 9780972420204 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
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.
Author: Nancy Hurrell Publisher: ISBN: 9781846827594 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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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.
Author: Thoinot Arbeau Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486217450 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 274
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The most valuable resource for 16th-century dances and dance music, this volume describes galliards, pavans, branles, gavottes, lavolta, basse dance, morris dance, and more, with detailed instructions of steps. 44 illustrations.
Author: Stephanie Curcio Publisher: ISBN: 9780578893525 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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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.
Author: Mary Louise O'Donnell Publisher: ISBN: 9781906359867 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The harp became the emblem on Irish coinage in the 16th century. Since then it has been symbolic of Irish culture, music, and politics - finally evolving into a significant marker of national identity in the 18th and 19th centuries. The most important period in this evolution was between 1770 and 1880, when the harp became central to many utopian visions of an autonomous Irish nation, and its metaphoric significance eclipsed its musical one. Mary Louise O'Donnell uses these fascinating years of major social, political, and cultural change as the focus of her study on the Irish harp.
Author: Michael Wright Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 135154330X Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 221
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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.
Author: Sandra Joyce Publisher: ISBN: 9781846825880 Category : Celtic harp Languages : en Pages : 0
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'Harp studies' presents new research on the Irish harp with perspectives from the disciplines of ethnomusicology, musicology, history, arts practice, folklore and cultural studies. Themes explored in this volume include iconography, reception history, diaspora, identity, spirituality and politics. Taking an expansive view of the harp through history and music, these essays individually engage with the variety of ways in which the harp has been interpreted and implicated in Irish culture, politics and music from the 9th century to the present day. Contents: Ann Heymann (ind.), Three iconic Gaelic harp pieces; Paul Dooley (UL), The harp in the time of Giraldus; Colette Moloney (Waterford IT), Edward Bunting (1773-1843), a collector of Irish music and song; Sandra Joyce (UL), Inventing and mythologizing Carolan in texts from the 18th to 20th centuries; Harry White (UCD), The lyre of Orpheus: Moore's ambiguous harp; Mary Louise O'Donnell, The Bengal subscription: patriotism, patronage and the perpetuation of the Irish harp tradition in the early 19th century; Ruan O'Donnell (UL), The Irish harp and Irish republican iconography; Adrian Scahill (MU), The harp in the early traditional group; Helen Lawlor (DkIT), Interpretations of Irishness and spirituality: the music of Mary O'Hara; Therese Smith (UCD), The harp as icon for Irish identity; Eibhlis Farrell (DkIT), The Magic Harp; Michelle Mulcahy (UL), Aistear: performing traditional music; Anne-Marie O'Farrell (DIT, QUB), Lever design and transcription for lever harp. [Subject: Irish Harp, Musical History, Traditional Music, Folklore, Ethnomusicology, Cultural Studies, Ireland]
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