Title: Harps and harpists
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]
Subjects: History, Harpists, Harp, Harp music, Harpen, Harfe, Harfenist, Arranged Harp music