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The cross-strung harp or chromatic double harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale has its own string.
Like the double-strung harp, the two outer rows of strings are tuned the same, but the triple-strung harp has no levers. This harp originated in Italy in the 16th century as a low headed instrument, and towards the end of 17th century it arrived in Wales where it developed a high head and larger size as the Welsh triple harp .
"Stoney End" is a song written by Laura Nyro and released in February 1967 on her debut album More Than a New Discovery. According to childhood friend Alan Merrill , Nyro originally intended the song, a gospel-inflected uptempo piece, to be performed at a slower pace.
De Barra comes from a family of traditional musicians and singers from Dublin with roots in County Cork. He studied Irish harp with his grandmother, Róisín Ní Shé, in Dublin and went on to study concert harp in the US with Leone Paulson. Cormac's professional debut was a six-month tour in Osaka, Japan playing in the Irish Exhibition at Expo ...
There are two kinds of people in this crazy, mixed-up world of ours: The people who love the dance movie “High Strung” and the people who are only just now hearing about it for the first time ...
Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra, op.54 (1944) Fabio Mengozzi. Auriga II (piano, harp and string orchestra) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299 (1778) [50] Louis Spohr. Concertante for violin and harp in G, WoO 13 (1806) Concertante for violin and harp in E minor ...
These harps were called arpa doppia or double harp and allowed for fully chromatic playing for the first time in the history of the harp. Later, a second diatonic row of strings was added on the other side of the pentatonic row of strings, creating the arpa tripla or triple harp.
By Benazir Karim If you see Stacey Shames and Tim Ries pushing a cart in a Costco in New Jersey, the couple would seem to be like any other suburban parents. But their nights are spent on their ...