This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world.
Contributors: Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin); Sandra Joyce (UL); Niall Keegan (UL); Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (TCD); Helen Davies (ind.); Lia Lonnert (Linnaeus U.); Mary Louise O’Donnell (ind.); Cormac De Barra (UL); Catriona Cannon (NUIG); Tristan Le Govic (Rennes 2 U.); Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Neil Wood (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Paulla Ebron (Stanford U.); Rémy Jadinon (Royal Museum for Central Africa); Sylvie Le Bomin (Sorbonne University) and Salomé Strauch (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle); Lucie Rault (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle); Haley Hodson (ind.); Benjamin Fairfield (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa); Chi Suwichan Phatthanaphraiwan (Bodhivijjalaya College); Susanne Fürniss (CNRS. The National Center for Scientific Research).
Helen Lawlor is a lecturer in music at TU Dublin. Sandra Joyce is director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, UL.