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Position harp in music by the year 1720
Šebesta, Pavel ; Boušková, Jana (advisor) ; Boušková, Jana (advisor) ; Rak, Štěpán (referee) ; Zelenka, Milan (referee)
Subject those work is position harp in European music by the year 1720, when discovered first pedal- activated systems. The earliest known use of the word hearpe was by Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, in about 600. Early medieval Latin terminology is also ambiquous. Cithara was used for both lyres and harps, kytharis etc.Confusions as to terminology still existed as late as 1511, when Virdung wrote: What one man names a harp another calls a lyre.The harp's use ranges from reliqious ritual to pure entertainment. Harpists are depicted in royal chambers, salons, banquet scenes and processions as soloists or in ensembles.Harpists have accompanied themselves singing ballads, reciting oral history and epic poetry or accompanying rituals of various types. In the ancient world, solo harpists and harpists in large ensembles were usually men while harpists who played in small chamber ensembles were often women.
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