Five virtuoso harpists as composers: Their contributions to the technique and literature of the harp
The composition of new music for the harp has largely been pursued by performing harpists who have taken up the art of composition to fill a need for new music written with the needs and possibilities of the instrument in mind. In the process of doing this the figures discussed in this paper not onl...
Main Author: | Houser, Kimberly Ann |
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Other Authors: | McLaughlin, Carrol |
Language: | en_US |
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The University of Arizona.
2005
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280708 |
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