Links & Resources

Harp History

Celtic Harp - From ancient times to the present.

Chromatic Harp: Overall history, many illustrations.

Early Celtic Harp Text Reprints - downloadable facsimile copies of rare works on the Irish and Highland harp.

Early Gaelic Harp Info - the historical Gaelic harp tradition of Ireland and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Early Welsh Music and Instruments - medieval and renaissance Welsh music and poetry with voice, crwth and lyre.

Early, Medieval, Celtic Harps in three chapters.

Gaelic Harps and Harpers in Ireland and Scotland

Hair Raising Harp History: Deborah Henson-Conant asks questions, Nancy Thym-Hochrein answers.

Harp History

Harp History and Culture - A listing of book titles.

The Harp: History, Care and Feeding of

The Harp in Wales

The History of Harps - from ancient to electronic.

History of Harp Development with several illustrations.

History of the Harp in Scotland

"Nicolas-Charles Bochsa: harpiste, compositeur, escroc (harpist, composer, crook)", new biography (in French) by Michel Faul.

Small Harp History Since 1800 - Evolution of the small harp design.

The Wire-Strung Harp - Excerpts from Rensch, Rimmer, and other researchers.

Wikipedia: harp history, types, world harps.

World Harp History

 

 
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