Harp Making in Late-Georgian London
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bright LightISBN-13:9781527265110ISBN-10:1527265110UPC:9781527265110Book Category:Music, DesignBook Subcategory:Ethnomusicology, Musical Instruments, History & CriticismBook Topic:StringsSize:10.88 x 8.00 x 1.31 inchesWeight:3.3334Product ID:SCSPVQHTJE
At the end of the eighteenth century, after the French Revolution, the centre of pedal-harp making moved from Paris to London. There, building on the work of its Bavarian originators and Parisian developers, mainly immigrant makers elevated the instrument to new musical, technical, and decorative heights, and placed it in the hands and salons of the British upper classes and aristocracy. Until...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bright LightISBN-13:9781527265110ISBN-10:1527265110UPC:9781527265110Book Category:Music, DesignBook Subcategory:Ethnomusicology, Musical Instruments, History & CriticismBook Topic:StringsSize:10.88 x 8.00 x 1.31 inchesWeight:3.3334Product ID:SCSPVQHTJE
Baldwin, Mike: - Mike Baldwin lives in London. After completing a degree in Music Technology in 1995, in which he specialised in harp making, he worked for Pilgrim Harps, the U.K.'s leading harp maker. In 2000 he retrained as a special-needs teacher and now teaches outdoor learning to teenagers with moderate and severe learning disabilities in a West London woodland. In 2008, following his...
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