Celtic harp

A Celtic harp waa la a ŋa triangular frame harp saaŋkonoŋ bonne ko a Celtic nations naŋ be a northwest Europe. Ba maŋ la boɔla o ka cláirseach a Irish paaloŋ, clàrsach a Scottish Gaelic, telenn a Breton aneŋ telyn a yi Welsh. A yi Ireland aneŋ Scotland poɔ, o da waa la ŋa wire-strung boŋ ŋmeɛraa ŋa a ŋmɛŋmeɛrɛ naŋ taa sori ka o zanne yaga kyɛ na baŋ o ŋmeɛbo, kyɛ ka o begɛ da te kyaare ne a Gaelic ruling class. O be a Irish deme libikue eŋaŋ, Guinness bommaalaa, aneŋ meŋ ka o la be a coat of arms eŋa ko a Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, Canada aneŋ a United Kingdom.

Dabaŋkoroŋ piiloo

11th century depiction of a harpist on the Breac Maodhóg

Harpist on the Shrine of St Patrick's Tooth, 14th century

1805 Irish penny depicting an Irish harp, long used as a national symbol.

A early history of the triangular frame harp in Europe waa la kyɛkyɛ ŋmeɛbo ana paaloŋ poɔ. A boŋ ŋmeɛraa dɛŋdɛŋ soba te kyaare ne a harping saaŋkonoŋ yɛlɛ naŋ be a Gaelic paaloŋ poɔ la ka ba da boɔla ka cruit. A sɛgebiri ŋa na baŋ te manna la ŋmiime boŋ ŋmeɛraa parɛɛ parɛɛ mine, ka yoe waabo piiloo poɔŋ ka o leɛ te yiniŋ a Welsh crwth. Noba gba yeli ka a sɛgebiri clàrsach / cláirseach (a yi clàr / clár, a board) ŋa da nyɛ yi la a triangular frame harp ŋa ka ba leɛ de ko a cruit boɔloo poɔŋ, kyɛ ka a yuori emmo ŋa da te yi a Scottish paaloŋ piiloo poɔŋ.

O waaloŋ aneŋ o toma

O endaare

The medieval 'Queen Mary harp' (Clàrsach na Banrìgh Màiri) preserved in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

The Bunworth Harp (1734), a later example of a more characteristically "Irish Harp" from County Cork

A cláirseach endaare yoe tɔŋ tutaa la ŋa :

Celtic harp components

Irish	Scottish Gaelic	English
amhach	amhach	neck
cnaga	cnagan	pins
corr	còrr	pin-board
coim	com	chest or soundbox
lámhchrann	làmh-chrann	tree or forepillar
téad	teud	strings
crú na d-tead	cruidhean nan teud	string shoes
fhorshnaidhm	urshnaim	toggle

O ŋmeɛbo sɔbie mine

1845 calotype photograph of the Irish harper Pádraig Dall Ó Beirn (1794-1863)

Nyɛntaare mine

A modern 'Celtic harp' in Canada

Bibliography

• Armstrong, Robert Bruce (1904). The Irish and The Highland Harps. Edinburgh: David Douglas.
• Bannerman, John (1991). "The Clàrsach and the Clàrsair". Scottish Studies, vol. 30 no. 3.
• Budgey, Andrea (2002). "Musical relations between Scotland and Ireland" [in] McDonald, R. Andrew, [ed.] Literature and Music in Scotland: 700–1560. University of Toronto Press, Tɛmpileti:ISBN; Tɛmpileti:ISBN.
• Caldwell, D.H., [ed.] (1982). Angels, Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS.
• Cathcart, Cynthia (Summer 2009). "Silver report: Precious metal strings on the wire-strung harp". Folk Harp Journal, no. 143, pp. 34–43. available via wirestrungharp.com Tɛmpileti:Webarchive .
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• Farmer, Henry George (1947). A History of Music in Scotland, p. 280. London, UK.
• Heymann, Ann & Heymann, Charlie (Fall 1991). "Cláirseach: The Lore of the Irish Harp". Éire-Ireland, vol. 26, no. 3.
• Heymann, Ann & Heymann, Charlie (Summer 2003). "Strings of Gold". The Historical Harp Society Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 9–15. available via annheymann.com Tɛmpileti:Webarchive .
• Lanier, Sara C. (1999). "'It is new-strung and shan't be heard': Nationalism and Memory in the Irish Harp Tradition". British Journal of Ethnomusicology, vol. 8.
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• Le Govic, Tristan (2015). The Breton Harp Anthology (Antologiezh Telenn Breizh) Vol. II
• Newton, Michael & Cheape, Hugh (n.d.) "The Keening of Women and the Roar of the Pipe: From Clársach to Bagpipe, ca. 1600–1782". available via academia.edu Tɛmpileti:Webarchive .
• Ó Brógáin, Séamas (1998). The Irish Harp Emblem. Dublin, IE: Wolfhound Press, Tɛmpileti:ISBN.
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• Rimmer, Joan (1964). "The Morphology of the Irish Harp". The Galpin Society Journal, no. 17.
• Rimmer, Joan (1984)[1969] The Irish Harp: Cláirseach na hÉireann, 3rd ed. The Mercier Press, Tɛmpileti:ISBN [1st ed. 1969; 2nd ed. 1977].
• Sanger, Keith & Kinnaird, Alison (1992). Tree of Strings – Crann nan Teud. Kinmor Music, Tɛmpileti:ISBN.
• Watson, J. Carmichael, [ed.] (1934). Gaelic Songs of Mary MacLeod. Blackie & Son. available via archive.org .
• Yeats, Gráinne (1980). Féile na gCruitirí, Béal Feirste [The Belfast Harpers' Festival] 1972. Gael Linn, Tɛmpileti:ISBN.

Yeŋe linkiri

• Historical Harp Society of Ireland
• An Chúirt Chruitireachta, International traditional harp course held annually in Termonfeckin Co. Louth, Ireland Archived 13 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• The Clarsach Society/Comunn na Clarsaich, resource centre for the Scottish harp
• Edinburgh International Harp Festival
• List of surviving early Gaelic harps
• Historic wire-strung harps and harpers listed and described on wirestrungharp.com
• Gaelic Modes Web articles on Gaelic harp harmony and modes
• Treasures of early Irish art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D., an exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Clàrsach (cat. no. 68)
• Asni: harp lore – descriptions of several types of historical European harps (with sound samples)
• The Celtic Harp Page – information on Celtic and other types of harps
• My Harp's Delight – learning to play the Celtic harp, tips and techniques, buying a harp
• Teifi Harps – Celtic & Folk Harps in Wales
• "Tears, Laughter, Magic" – An Interview with Master Celtic Harp Builder Timothy Habinski on AdventuresInMusic.biz, 2007
• Celtic Harp Amplification Series – using microphones and guitar amplifiers with folk harps
• Markwood Strings – Information on installing harp strings, harp string installation guide
• [1] Early Gaelic Harp site by Simon Chadwick