Nineteenth- and twentieth-century harpists : a bio-critical sourcebook
The harp is both the oldest and the newest of instruments. The biographies make clear how these performers shaped the contrasts in style and technique of harp playing that have developed over the past 150 years, as cultural, social, and psychological forces influenced individual performance.
xii, 330 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9780313278662, 0313278660
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ForewordPrefaceArtistAdams, AnneAllen, NancyBambrick, WinifredBerghout, PhiaBoschsa, Robert Nicholas CharlesCardon, Jean BaptisteChalifoux, AliceCousineau, Jacquesde Genlis, Stéphanie Félicitéde Mello, AcaciaDilling, MildredDizi, Francois JosephDruzinshky, EdwardDulova, VeraDussek, SophiaEllis, OsianErdeli, KseniaGatti-Aldrovandi, CleliaGislinge, SonjaGoosens, MarieGrae, IngaGrandany, MarcelGriffiths, AnnHasselmans, AlphonseHoly, AlfredHürliman, EmmyJamet, PierreKastner, AlfredKorchinska, MariaLabarre, ThéodoreLaskine, LilyLawrence, LucilleLoman, JudyMalone, EileenMcDonald, SuzannMcLaughlin, CarrolMercz, NoraMeyer, Philippe-JacquesMildonian, SusannaMolnar, JosefNaderman, Francois-JosephNordmann, MarielleOberthür, CharlesParish Alvars, EliasParry, JohnPosse, WilhelmRenié, HenrietteRosenbloom, LucileSalvi familySalvi, AlbertoSalvi, VictorSalzedo, CarlosSlepuhskin, AleksandrSpohr, Dorette ScheidlerStudio HarpistsGotthoffer, CatherineRemsen, DorothyStockton, AnnThomas, JohnTournier, MarcelVito, EdwardWalter-Kiune, EkaterinaWatkins, DavidYoshino, NaokoZabaleta, NicanorIndex