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The concert harp is famous for its heavenly image. It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument ...

Even more remarkably, the instrument she plays this day, a cunningly scaled-down version of a harp, has also survived largely as a result of her singular passion for our collective musical past.

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The harp has existed for hundreds of years and was played in ...

Wales has an unbroken tradition of harp playing. It was used as a dance instrument and for playing tunes and airs. The tradition owes its survival to the gypsy families of Wales who kept harp ...

Wales has an unbroken tradition of harp playing. It was used as a dance instrument and for playing tunes and airs. The tradition owes its survival to the gypsy families of Wales who kept harp ...

It originated in Italy around 1600, but owing to its popularity in Wales by the end of the 18th century, it has become widely known as 'The Welsh Harp'. The instrument has three rows of strings ...