Tree of strings: Crann nan teud: a history of the harp in Scotland
- Author: Kinnaird, Alison
- Author: Sanger, Keith
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Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Myth and Magic: The Harp in Legend and Song
- 2. Shapes and Stones: The Earliest Archaeological Evidence
- 3. Clarsach and Cruit: Early Literary References and Nomenclature in Gaelic Areas
- 4. Harp and Carp: Early Literary References in Non-Gaelic Areas
- 5. Harps of Their Owne Sorte: Descriptions of Surviving Instruments
- 6. Fiction and Facts: The History of the Three Old Harps Examined
- 7. Court and Courtiers: The Harp at the Royal Court in Scotland
- 8. The Scots Lairds: The Harp in Non-Gaelic Areas
- 9. Irish Interplay: Irish Travelling Harpers and Musical Connections
- 10. Highland Harpers: Highland Clans and Their Harping Connections
- 11. Rory Dall Morrison and His Contemporaries: Three Harpers of the Mid 17 th and 18 th Centuries
- 12. The Atholl Connection: Perthshire as a Centre of Harping Activity
- 13. Fading Echoes: The Decline of the Harp in the Highlands
- 14. Puirt, Uirt and Orgain: The Music of the Harps
- 15. Classic Revival: The Harp in 19 th -Century Scotland
- 16. A Harp New-Strung: The Harp in the 20 th -Century. Appendices.