Lovely. Does anyone know what kind of harp they are using.
Monica
> On 21 July 2020 at 10:40 Tristan von Neumann <tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for all the info!
>
> I didn't know Irish harpists were such a hit back then.
>
> What about lute music adapting this style (at least for Spanish
> harpists we have Mudarra 10)?
>
> It's already hard to find Scottish music, but Irish music seems
> non-existent in tabs.
>
> I tried to find some music with the Christian IV. consort setting, but
> no one uses wire-strung harps...
>
> But I found this recording with almost the right combination of
> instruments.
>
> It's quite old fashioned (Early Early Music...), but nice.
>
> [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyyJht3zI_g
>
> On 21.07.20 04:00, [2]theoj89...@aol.com wrote:
>
> Tristan:
> This is a beautiful depiction of a brass strung Irish or Scottish harp
> - or �'Clarsach'. The picture clearly shows the bowing of the
> forepillar under the tremendous tension of the brass strings. �These
> clarsachs were traditionally played with long fingernails �with a
> complex technique and the tradition died out by the early 1800's.
> �There are only a few surviving clarsachs that approach this size. Most
> of them self-destructed and/or were burned for warmth in those cold and
> wet lands. �The website �
> [3]www.wirestrungharp.com
> has a great deal of information about these harps. Their history is
> fascinating, and this painting is one of the best contemporary
> depictions of one. How and why one of these ended up in Christian IV's
> court is curious. I would love to hear what that ensemble sounded like.
> Cheers,
> ted Jordan
> Ohio, US
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> From: Tristan von Neumann [4]<tristanvonneum...@gmx.de>
> To: [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu [6]<lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2020 2:01 pm
> Subject: [LUTE] Weird instrument depiction in painting
> I just stumbled upon this painting by Reinhold Timm.
> It supposedly shows the musicians of Christian IV.
> What's the instrument on the left?
> It looks like a Harp seen from a very weird angle...
> The painting is very interesting in general, it looks almost like some
> 1920s Neorealism.
> [7]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Christian_IV%27s
> _musicians_by_Reinhold_Timm.jpg
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> References
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> 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyyJht3zI_g
> 2. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com
> 3. http://www.wirestrungharp.com/
> 4. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
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> 7.
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Christian_IV%27s_musicians_by_Reinhold_Timm.jpg
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