Harp History Resources

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Gaelic Harps & Harpers in Ireland & Scotland:

By The Honourable Robert Ruadh of the Isles.

The Harp:

Part of the Musica Antiqua website.

Harp History Books:

Bibliography, part of the Sylvia Woods Harp Center.

Historical Harp Society:

"The Historical Harp Society was formed in 1990 for North American friends of the harp interested in the exchange of ideas and information about early harps, their construction, and their music. The Society is devoted to encouraging research on the building of early harps, harp music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque, and the playing techniques of those eras and their harps."

Historical harp links:

Part of the Celtic Harper website.

History of the Harp:

A column from Dragonwing.

The Saxon Lyre: History, Construction, and Playing Techniques:

By Greg Priest-Dorman and Carolyn Priest-Dorman.

A Short History of the Celtic Harp:

By Joe Bethancourt, from Locksley's E-Z Harp Method.

Short History of the Celtic Harp

By Allen Tefft.

Women's Early Music Instruments: Harp and Lyre:

Includes illustrations.