Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition Roslyn Rensch

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Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition Roslyn Rensch

Revising her classic 1989 book Harps and Harpists, Roslyn Rensch expands her authoritative history of this timeless instrument. This lavishly illustrated edition, with 137 black-and-white images and 24 color plates, surveys the progress of the harp from antiquity to the present day. The new edition includes two new chapters; an extensive bibliography and index; personal anecdotes of the authors studies under Alberto Salvi; and an appendix on the Roslyn Rensch Papers and Harp Collection, which are housed at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign.

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The 2007 revision of Harps and Harpists by Roslyn Rensch is the fourth in its line by the author. Even cursory glances at the precursors of the present work show her lifetime odyssey and love affair with her instrument, and make interesting comparisons with one another.June 2008 * Notes *

Über Roslyn Rensch

Roslyn Rensch, musician and art historian, studied harp with Alberto Salvi and Joseph Vito. She is author of The Harp; The Harp, Its History, Technique and Repertoire; and most recently, Three Centuries of Harpmaking.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface

Part 1. The Harp in the Ancient World
1. The Beginning
2. Beyond the Earliest Sources

Part 2. The Non-Pedal Harp in Western Europe and North America
3. Early Representations
4. The Harp in Art, 12001665
5. The Harp in Literature and Music
6. Concerning Non-pedal Harps and Harpists

Part 3. The Pedal Harp in Western Europe and North America
7. Some Early Harps, Harpists, and Music
8. From Single to Double Action
9. The Colonies and the United States
10. The Harp International

Part 4. Retrospection and the Future
11. Some Notable Events
12. Four Essays by the Author

Appendix
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR005182005

ISBN 13

9780253348937

ISBN 10

0253348935

Titel

Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition Roslyn Rensch

Autor

Roslyn Rensch

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Verlag

Indiana University Press

Datum

2007-07-12

Anzahl der Seiten

384

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