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Ardmore: stone carving at Ardmore Cathedral, Ireland.
Arthur O’Neill: Information about this 18th century Irish harper.
About his harp
About his life
further reading
portraits of him
About his songs
About his tunes
Bag: about the cases or covers used for the old harps.
Books: lists of books of interest, with purchasing information where applicable.
list of scholarly articles
background reading
history books
Gaelic song books
Editions of source books
tutor books
Carolan: pages about the life and work of Turlough Carolan.
about his harp
brief biography
further reading
about his songs
about his tunes
Ceòl Mór: about this genre of Gaelic art music.
notes
Church: about ecclesiastical music.
notes
Clàrsach na Bànrighe: Simon Chadwick’s CD.
technical information
sample track
ordering information
track listing
press quotes
Colour: about colour-coded harp strings.
notes
Depictions: old pictures of harps and harpers.
Dialogue on Historical Wire for Gaelic Harps: comapnion pages for Daniel Tokar & Ann Heymann’s book.
ordering information
Sound clips
Video
Dolmetsch: the oldest recording of early Irish harp music, from 1937.
The harps
Welsh music
Irish music
Players
Legacy
Early medieval: Depictions of harps and harpers before 1000AD in Ireland and Scotland
Emporium: online shop.
accessories
booklets
Beginners harp plans
books
Abbie Betinis
Alison Kinnaird
Andrew Lawrence-King
Angels, Nobles & Unicorns
Am Bron Binn
Ann Heymann
Anne Lorne Gillies
Chris Bayer
Derek Bell
Bill Taylor
A.M.S. Boethius
John Bowie
St. Brendan
Seamus O Brogain
Edward Bunting
Charles Bunworth
Tomas O Canainn
James Carney
Turlough Carolan
Hugh Cheape
Childrens' books
Christine Y Delyn
Nora Joan Clark
Daibhi O Croinin
Barry Cunliffe
Cynthia Cathcart
Harper’ Diamonds
Daniel Dow
Ross Duffin
Osian Ellis
Early Music
Ephraim Segermann
John Evelyn
Finn MacCumhail
Aloys Fleischmann
Alan Fletcher
Charlotte Milligan Fox
Simon Fraser
Vincento Galilei
George Stevens
Giraldus Cambrensis
Grainne Yeats
Elizabeth Grant
John Gunn
Denis O'Hampsey
Sally Harper
Richard Hayward
Stirling Heids
High crosses
John Hines
Historical harpsichord
Irish Musical Studies
Kenneth Jackson
Simon James
David Johnson
Johnson and Boswell
Gael Kathryns
Brian Keenan
John T Koch
William Lawes
Kåre A Lie
David Logan
Albert Lord
Kathleen Loughnane
Lute books
Seamus MacNeill
John Magee
Karen Marshalsay
Musica Britannica
Malachi McCormick
Patrick MacDonald
Mike Parker
Morley
John and William Neal
New History of Ireland
Colm O Baoill
Eugene O'Curry
Ogham books
Breandan O Madagain
Donal O'Sullivan
James Oswald
Owain Tudor Edwards
Padraigin Ni Uallachain
Pekka Toivanen
Songbook of the Pillagers
James Porter
Michael Praetorius
John Purser
Karen Ralls
Robert ap Huw
Robert Bruce Armstrong
Rosalyn Rensch
Joan Rimmer
Denis Rixson
Roy Johnston
D Roy Saer
Martin Van Schaik
Scottish Studies
Scottish Life and Culture
Derek Thompson
Cedric Thorpe Davie
Ulster Folklife
Fintan Vallely
Sebastien Virdung
Russel Walton
William Matheson
Recordings
Alison Kinnaird
Andrew Lawrence-King
Allan MacDonald
Ann Heymann
Barnaby Brown
Bill Taylor
Brendan Ring
Bonnie Shaljean
Bragod
Cass Meurig
Chad McAnally
Consort music
Contemporary music
Cynthia Cathcart
The Elizabethan Consort
Grainne Yeats
early Gaelic harp CDs
Heloise Russell-Fergusson
Jacqueline Lynaugh
Javier Sainz
Jimmy O'Brein Moran
Jochen Vogel
Leah Stuttard
Lute CDs
Mara Galassi
Thomas Moore
Other harp CDs
Paul Dooley
Piping CDs
Rebecca Hood
Reflections
Bonnie Rideout
Ruth Wall
Scotland's Music
Seoda Sean-Nos
Siobhan Armstrong
Gaelic song CDs
Traditional CDs
Vicente La Camera Mariño
Violaine Mayor
Welsh CDs
William Matheson
Credit Card and Bank payment information
DVDs
Hands
Hallaig
Wire Branch
Harps
Lyres
Model harps
Prints & postcards
Secondhand ordering information
T shirts
Special order ordering information
Tuning keys
Tubning pins
Wire
Gestures: companion pages for my Gestures book.
Bunting 1840
Purchasing information
Example: Burns March
Example: Caniad San Silin
Example: A Chailini, an bhfaca sibh Seoirse
My gestures
Historical sources
The gestures in use
Other traditions
Robert ap Huw ms
Further reading
Denis O'Hampsey: about his life and work.
his harp
brief bio
further reading
about his songs
about his tunes
Harpers: Old Irish and Scottish harp players.
Full list
notes
Harpmakers: list of old Irish and Scottish harp makers.
notes
Harps: List of old harps.
Picture of Arthur O'Neill
Augsburg harp
Ballinderry fragments
Barberini harp
Bologna 2 harp
Bologna 3 harp
Boston harp
Bunworth harp
Bunworth decoration
Bunworth history
Bunworth inscription
Celtic harps
Picture of Charles Byrne
Clonalis harp
Cloyne fragments
Cloyne damage
Cloyne dating
Cloyne decoration
Cloyne inscription
Cloyne replica
Cloyne tuning
David Evans harp
Picture of Denis O'Hampsey
Downhill harp
Downhill damage
Downhill dating
Downhill decoration
Downhill inscription
Downhill provenance
Downhill tuning
Eisenach harp
Estense harp
Foreign harps
German harps
Gothic harps
Notes
Hofburg harp
Hollybrook harp
Italian harps
Kaiser harp
Kildare harp
Kildare damage
Kildare decoration
Kildare provenance
Kildare inscription
Kildare dating
Lamont harp
Lamont damage
Lamont dating
Lamont inscription
Lamont tuning
Leipzig harp
Malahide 1 harp
Malahide 2 harp
Mullaghmast harp history
Mullaghmast harp
NMM harp
Nuremberg harp
O'Ffogarty harp
O'Neill harp
Other harps
Otway harp
Otway damage
Otway dating
Otway decoration
Otway inscription
Otway provenance
Picture of Patrick Quin
Queen Mary harp
Queen Mary damage
Queen Mary decoration
Queen Mary soundbox decoration
Queen Mary neck decoration
Queen Mary forepillardecoration
Queen Mary history
Queen Mary inscriptions
Queen Mary music
Queen Mary notes
Rabe harp
Rome harp
Rose Mooney harp
Sirr harp
Sondershausen harp
Thumbnail chart of all Gaelic harps
Trinity College harp
Trinity badge
Trinity damage
Trinity dating
Trinity decoration
Trinity box decoration
Trinity neck decoration
Trinity pillar decoration
Tuning keys
V&A harp
Wartburg harp
Welsh harps
Hill House: 17th century house near Dunfermline, with harp carving on.
History: Short overview articles on the history of the Gaelic harp.
Early medieval
notes
Medieval
16th century
notes
17th century
notes
18th century
19th century
notes
early 20th century
notes
late 20th century
notes
Instruments: About Gaelic harps.
Iona: About the harp graveslab at Iona Abbey.
Irish Terms: multimedia edition of Irish harp terminology and playing techniques from Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland, 1840.
Clairseach
Cinnard Cruit
Crom-chuit
Ceirnin
Craiftin-chruith
Lub
Com
Cor
Cru na d-tead
An foirshnadhm
Lamhcrann
Caomhluighe
Guaille caomhluidhe
An dara tead os cionn caomluidhe
An treas tead oc cionn caomhluidhe
Tead na feitheolach
Guaille tead na feitheolach
Tead a' leithghleas
Dofhreagrach caomhluidhe
Freagrach tead na feitheolach
Cronan
Tead leagaidh
Tead leagtha
Cronan ioctar-chanus
Uachtar-chanus
Dofhreagrach
Fhreagrach
Brisidh
Leagadh anuas
Leith leagadh
Sruth mor
Sruth beag
Bualadh suas no suaserigh
Barrluth
Barrluth beal an-airde
Casluth
Barrluth fosgailte
Cul-aithris
Tribhuilleach no creathadh coimhmhear
Crotach aon mear
Bolsgan
Glas
Glas
Ladhar
Ladhar lair
Glasluth
Ceann an chruibh
Taobhcrobh
Lanchrobh
Malairt phonch
Trebhuinneach
Cuigrath
Cruaidhchleasach
Cumhadh
Port
Adban trireach
Geantraighe, Goltraighe, Suantraighe
Luinneach
Leithghleas
Fuigheall mor, Fuigheall beag, Aon-fuigheall
Old video demonstrations
Linking instructions
manuscript sources
Jerpoint: About the harper effigy at Jerpoint Abbey.
Keills: About the stone carving at Keills Chapel.
Kilchoan: About the stone carving at Kilchoan burying ground.
Old Gaelic Laments: Simon Chadwick’s 2nd CD
technical information
sample track
ordering information
track listing
press quotes
Lay: About Fenian Lay tunes.
notes
recordings
texts
transcriptions
tunes
Lessons: Companion pages for my tutor book, "Clarsach Lessons for Young Harpers".
Burns March
Butterfly
Buy
Fair Molly
Gestures
Instruments
Posture
Tuning
Memoirs: Facsimile edition of the Memoirs of Arthur O’Neill.
Shrine of St Mogue: About the harp depiction on the Breac Maedog.
Music: About different types of Gaelic harp music.
Irish music
notes
Scottish music
notes
Medieval music
notes
Nails: sources describing the use of long fingernails to play the harp.
notes
O'ffogarty: Information about the O'Fogarty harp.
history
location
picture credits
pictures
references
replicas
technical info about the harp
Orientation: Information about which side the harp was played on, left or right.
notes
Patrick Byrne: Information about this 19th century Irish harper.
About his harp
About his life
further reading
portraits of Byrne
About his songs
About his tunes
Patrick Quin: Information about this 18th century Irish harper.
About his harp
About his life
further reading
portraits of Byrne
About his songs
About his tunes
Shrine of St Patrick’s Tooth: About the harp depiction on this reliquary.
People: those involved in the Gaelic harp scene.
Phonograph: About the lack of archive recordings of early Irish harpers.
Port: Information about this genre of instrumental music.
notes
Publications: list of the books and CDs published in-house by Early Gaelic Harp Info.
Queen Mary harp: Information about the replica Queen Mary harp displayed as this website's logo.
Raghnall Mac Ailein Òig: information about Ronald MacDonald of Morar.
a’ Bhòilich
A’ Ghlas Mheur
An Tarbh Breac Dearg
Beinn Eadarrainn
Cumha Raonuill Mhic Ailein Òig
Brief biography
Maol Donn
Places & houses
Songs
Stories
Tunes
Recordings: Chronological list of CDs and records featuring Gaelic harp.
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000 on
notes
appendix of other recordings related to the Gaelic harp revival
pre 1969
Replicas: modern copies of the historical museum instruments.
Some thoughts on copying the old instruments
notes
Rory Dall: Information about the two different 17th century harpers called Rory Dall.
About their harps
About their lives
further reading
About their songs
About their tunes
Rose Mooney: Information about this 18th century Irish harper.
About her harp
About her life
further reading
About her songs
About her tunes
Song: Information about Gaelic song.
Sources: Old books and manuscripts containing the Gaelic harp repertory.
Balcarres lute book
John Bowie's Strathspey Reels
Edward Bunting's manuscripts
Carolan Fragment
Daniel Dow's Ancient Scots music
Simon Fraser's Airs and Melodies
Lee's Collection
Background info on the lute manuscripts
Lyra-viol manuscripts
Patrick MacDonald's Highland Vocal Airs
Walter MacFarlane and David Young's manuscript
MacLean-Clephane manuscripts
Neal's Collection
notes
Padraig O'Neill's manuscripts
Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion
Margaret Sinkler's viol book
Skene mandore manuscript
Straloch lute book
Burk Thumoth's English, Scottish and Irish airs
Margaret Wemyss' lute book
Stowe: About the harp depiction on this book shrine.
Stringing: Articles and information on stringing history and practice.
archaeology
experiments
history
materials
Tarbh: Simon Chadwick’s 3rd CD
technical information
sample track
ordering information
track listing
press quotes
Techniques: information about Gaelic harp playing idiom and techniques.
Tradition: Articles and information about different traditions.
ancient and primal
notes
Connections with the European mainstream
The old Gaelic arts
notes
present-day harp traditions in Ireland and Scotland
Myths and legends
notes
oral transmission of tradition
other music traditions
modern revival
Na Comhluighe - the unison 'sister' strings
notes
reconstructing lost oral traditions
Gaelic, European, Lost.
writing down of oral traditions
notes
Tunes: some pages about tunes from the repertory
Burns March
The Royal Lament
Cuachag nan Craobh
Rory Dall’s Sister’s Lament
Da Mihi Manum
A Highland Port by Rory Dall
Port Atholl
Port Gordon
Tuning: some pages about tuning, temperament and intonation
Sources
notes
Pitch
Tables
notes
Tutor: Companion pages for my tutor book, "Progressive Lessons".
Burns March
The Butterfly
Purchasing information
Fair Molly
Gestures
Hand position
Choosing an instrument
Oral learning
posture
scales
tuning
about this website
© Simon Chadwick
First published January 2011, last updated Jan 2016