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She was listed among the best-known women harpists in the United States in 1908, [4] and in 1926 Torgerson was described as "Chicago's best woman harpist." [5] Torgerson performed as a solo harpist and in ensemble, [6] and sometimes played her own compositions. [7] She also gave talks about harp music and the history of the instrument.
Maud Morgan (November 22, 1860 – December 2, 1941) was an American harpist who had a long and distinguished career spanning over 60 years. She was one of the pioneering solo harpists on the American concert stage, and ranked among the most famous and influential harpists in history.
Goldner performed as a harp soloist in Vienna, starting in 1912 at the age of 16, and also performed chamber music with her sisters, touring England and Germany. Conductor Oskar Nedbal of the Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester and conductor Wilhelm Bruch of the Philharmonisches Orchester Nürnberg, now Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, both praised her work and wrote letters of recommendation. [2]
She became inspired by the music and she decided that she wanted to play the harp under the instruction of Hasselmans. She began playing when she was eight, but she was still too short to reach the harp's pedals, so her father invented extended foot pedals to assist her. [1]: 4 In 1885, she became a regular student at the Paris Conservatoire ...
Edward Bunting attended the festival to transcribe the harp music into a manuscript to preserve it. [4] The result of Mooney's participation in the festival is unknown, as it seems the judges awarded only a first and second place, and no information about the rest of the participants is available. [5]
Sylvia Meyer (November 23, 1907 – March 26, 2005) was an American harpist who became the first female member of the National Symphony Orchestra. She was a founding member of the World Harp Congress.