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; and an appendix on the Roslyn Rensch Papers and Harp Collection, which are housed at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.
Author: Roslyn Rensch
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780253030085
ISBN10: 0253030080
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Musical Instruments | Strings
- Music | History & Criticism | General
About the Author
Roslyn Rensch, musician and art historian, studied harp with Alberto Salvi and Joseph Vito. She is author of The Harp; The Harp, Its History, Technique and Repertoire; and most recently, Three Centuries of Harpmaking.