Word: harping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...harp on the play...
Works of Haydn, Britten, Boccherinl, and Wallstein; Janet Boorky, flute, Ellen Bridger and Bryan Epperson, cellos, Margaret Toohey, clarinet, Terry Wallstein, piano, and Betsy Horse, harp; Dunster Library...
Died. Marcel Grandjany, 83, French-born harpist and professor at the Juilliard School of Music; in Manhattan. Grandjany's gifts as performer and composer helped raise the harp from a musical decoration to a full-fledged solo instrument. Among his compositions: The Colorado Trail, Children's Hour, and Fantasy for Harp...
...there is no known coat of arms for a family, Halbert's will create one using heraldic symbols that suggest the family's country of origin. Italian-sounding names, for example, might be represented by a cross, French by a fleur de lis, and Irish by a harp. Boasts Halbert's president, Dennis Haslinger: "We use everything from lions rampant to eagles fessant." If the customer likes the design, he can order more expensive models, including a $350 deluxe version called "Cathedral Oak" that consists of a 22-in.-high coat of arms mounted on a hand...
...performance powerfully led by Schippers. When Mussorgsky used just two clarinets and two bassoons to accompany the troubled Boris, he had a somber, dry, psychologically adroit sound in mind that was infinitely more effective than the 60 or so strings and winds Rimsky thought sounded better. Mussorgsky used the harp only once -for the lush, quite beautiful scene between the Pretender Dimitri and the Polish princess Marina in Act II. It is a precise effect completely destroyed by Rimsky's use of the harp throughout the opera...