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- Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition
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- 2017
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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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; and an appendix on the Roslyn Rensch Papers and Harp Collection, which are housed at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-xiv
- 1 The Beginning
- pp. 21-36
- 2 Beyond the Earliest Sources
- pp. 37-44
- 3 Early Representations
- pp. 47-69
- 4 The Harp in Art, 1200–1665
- pp. 70-92
- 5 The Harp in Literature and Music
- pp. 93-114
- 6 Concerning Non-pedal Harps and Harpists
- pp. 115-142
- 7 Some Early Harps, Harpists, and Music
- pp. 145-164
- 8 From Single to Double Action
- pp. 165-216
- 9 The Colonies and the United States
- pp. 217-239
- 10 The Harp International
- pp. 240-258
- PART IV: Retrospection and the Future
- pp. 259-260
- 11 Some Notable Events
- pp. 261-307
- 12 Four Essays by the Author
- pp. 308-336
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 367-378
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