Even then, however, the family never parted with the harp because it cherished the fond hope that sooner or later aharpistwould be born.
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Following a first-class meal, we were rightly given an excellent entertainment by young men and women and also by aharpist.
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Theharpistin my village is a slate quarryman.
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It had a double protection even when it merely hung on the wall, as it often did because the family had noharpist.
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Theharpistpurchasing new strings is not buying a new instrument.
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What possible reason can there be for distinguishing between organists and harpists, especially as the harp is a higher instrument in every sense of the word?
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There theharpistwill have pride of place in the very centre of the gathering, accompanying the folk dancing and also what we call penillion singing.
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As a consequence, his catalogue includes names of pianists, violinists, cellists, harpists, organists, composers, conductors, singers and even writers.
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These texts are accompanied by drawings of blind harpists and are therefore thought to have been sung.
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One is theharpist; one is the clown who is responsible for harlequinade; and the third is the singer.
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By the age of 13 she had performed in public as a singer, pianist andharpist.
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There are many carved crosses from this era, but they depict a total of two musicians, one lur player and aharpist.
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It is also often played in orchestras to display the talents of harpists.
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She is one of the world's foremost classical harpists.
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Since its inception, over 300 harpists from 19 countries have competed for this coveted title.
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