Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition

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.

List of Illustrations
Preface

Part 1. The Harp in the Ancient World
1. The Beginning
2. Beyond the Earliest Sources

Part 2. The Non-Pedal Harp in Western Europe and North America
3. Early Representations
4. The Harp in Art, 1200–1665
5. The Harp in Literature and Music
6. Concerning Non-pedal Harps and Harpists

Part 3. The Pedal Harp in Western Europe and North America
7. Some Early Harps, Harpists, and Music
8. From Single to Double Action
9. The Colonies and the United States
10. The Harp International

Part 4. Retrospection and the Future
11. Some Notable Events
12. Four Essays by the Author

Appendix
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index