Simon Chadwick: The clàrsach or Gaelic harp: lecture at the University of St Andrews
Channel: Simon Chadwick
Date: 2016-02-18

I gave this lecture to the undergraduate students on the MU2002 Scottish Music course, on Thursday 18th Feb 2016. 

This lecture addresses issues to with the study of the harp in Scotland. Main focusses include the competing ideas of the harp as symbol, and as working musical instrument, the high status learned oral tradition of the medieval and early modern harp traditions, the connetions with Ireland, and the re-invention and fantasy creation of modern harp traditions after the end of the old native tradition.