Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition - Hardcover

Rensch, Roslyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253348935 ISBN 13: 9780253348937

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

The 2007 revision of Harps and Harpists by Roslyn Rensch is the fourth in its line by the author. Even cursory glances at the precursors of the present work show her lifetime odyssey and love affair with her instrument, and make interesting comparisons with one another.June 2008 Source: Notes

From 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0253348935
• ISBN 13: 9780253348937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384