Harpists and musicians who forget eat and sleep love playing the harp in a orchestra. This funny gift is for music fans who love playing the harp and making music at a concert. jpurnal white paper 120 pages matte cover soft cover (paperback)

Harpists and musicians play the harp in an irish orchestra. This gift for harp players and music lovers about making music with harps that are great music instruments... graph paper white paper 120 pages matte cover soft cover (paperback)

Harpists and musicians play the harp in an irish orchestra. This gift for harp players and music lovers about making music with harps that are great music instruments... graph paper white paper 120 pages matte cover soft cover (paperback)

In the politically charged era following the 1801 Act of Union, when Ireland's harp symbol was ubiquitous in political imagery, the playable instrument, the Gaelic harp, had largely disappeared. John Egan, a self-taught inventor, conceived a new national instrument, the "Portable Irish Harp," with innovative mechanisms to expand the harp's chromatic capabilities. The template for the modern Irish harp, Egan's design was imitated a century later by several principal harp makers. Antique Egan harps, prized as rare cultural artefacts and art objects, survive in museums and private collections worldwide, and the book's illustrations and a "Catalogue of Egan Harps" are an invaluable resource. This book on Ireland's renowned harp maker, John Egan, and the Egan family firm, reveals the significance of Egan harps in shaping Irish harp history.

Excerpt from The National Music of Ireland, Containing the History of the Irish Bards: The National Melodies, the Harp, and Other Musical Instruments of Erin Page Preliminary Remarks - Mental Cultivation - National Monuments as Evi deuces - Science - Music - National Music - Swiss Melody - French Irish Song - Moore's Remark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Harpists and musicians play the harp in an irish orchestra. This gift for harp players and music lovers about making music with harps that are great music instruments.. college ruled white paper 120 pages matte cover soft cover (paperback)

Excerpt from Musical Instruments, Vol. 2: English and Irish Instruments Many years ago the writer heard at least one of a series of lectures upon Old Music and Musical Instruments by the late Sir Robert P. Stewart.1 There were then persons living who could play upon most of those that came under observation, so, from the wire-strung Irish Harp (a reproduction of the ancient Harp in Trinity College, Dublin), down to the instruments in use at the commencement of the nineteenth century, almost all were again heard in public. No such lectures could now be given; even the wire-strung Irish Harp, for which some of the most enchanting melodies of any land were composed, is now unheard. The blind harper, the lowly representative of minstrels, the cherished guests of many mansions, has passed away, and there is now not a single performer to be found. The revival of obsolete instruments may not be required, but it is certainly desirable that clear, distinct, and correct information regarding them should be procurable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.