Harps and Harpists
Edition: Har/Com Re edition
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: June 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780253348937
Subjects: String instruments; History & Criticism - General; Musical Instruments - Strings; Music; Music/Songbooks; Harp; Harp music; Harpists; History
Description: 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 author's studies under Alberto Salvi; an appendix on the Roslyn Rensch Papers and Harp Collection, which are housed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and an hour-long CD of harp music. [Publisher description]