Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Harpists: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook(Bio-Critical Sourcebooks on Musical Performance)

The harp is both the oldest and the newest of instruments. It has existed in some form in nearly all cultures since man has made music. The contemporary concert instrument has been known since the mid-19th century. This work is a compendium of the biographies of many notable harpists of the modern era. The biographies make clear how these performers shaped the contrasts in style and technique of harp playing that have developed over the past 150 years, as cultural, social, and psychological forces influenced individual performance. In addition to the biographical information, the A-Z entries include critical reviews, discographies, and selected bibliographies where possible. New material from the former Soviet states is included.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface Artist Adams, Anne Allen, Nancy Bambrick, Winifred Berghout, Phia Boschsa, Robert Nicholas Charles Cardon, Jean Baptiste Chalifoux, Alice Cousineau, Jacques de Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de Mello, Acacia Dilling, Mildred Dizi, Francois Joseph Druzinshky, Edward Dulova, Vera Dussek, Sophia Ellis, Osian Erdeli, Ksenia Gatti-Aldrovandi, Clelia Gislinge, Sonja Goosens, Marie Grae, Inga Grandany, Marcel Griffiths, Ann Hasselmans, Alphonse Holy, Alfred Hürliman, Emmy Jamet, Pierre Kastner, Alfred Korchinska, Maria Labarre, Théodore Laskine, Lily Lawrence, Lucille Loman, Judy Malone, Eileen McDonald, Suzann McLaughlin, Carrol Mercz, Nora Meyer, Philippe-Jacques Mildonian, Susanna Molnar, Josef Naderman, Francois-Joseph Nordmann, Marielle Oberthür, Charles Parish Alvars, Elias Parry, John Posse, Wilhelm Renié, Henriette Rosenbloom, Lucile Salvi family Salvi, Alberto Salvi, Victor Salzedo, Carlos Slepuhskin, Aleksandr Spohr, Dorette Scheidler Studio Harpists Gotthoffer, Catherine Remsen, Dorothy Stockton, Ann Thomas, John Tournier, Marcel Vito, Edward Walter-Kiune, Ekaterina Watkins, David Yoshino, Naoko Zabaleta, Nicanor Index

About the Author :
WENONAH MILTON GOVEA is Professor Emeritus of Music at California State University in Hayward. She is a composer, performer, and teacher and has shared her talent with her community as director of numerous local honor choirs as well as introducing harp in the public schools. She also established her university's harp program, expanding it to include a harp ensemble which performed professionally. Recently, she initiated the AHS Summer Institute for student harpists and was instrumental in the formation of the American Harp Society Foundation.