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DESCRIPTION: Dr. Siobhán Armstrong—speaker \n\n In honour of National Ha
 rp Day\, Dr. Siobhán Armstrong\, founding director of the Historical Harp
  Society of Ireland\, will deliver a 30-minute illustrated talk on the fas
 cinating history of the old Irish harp with wire strings\, which was playe
 d until the early 1800s. \n\n The HHSI was founded to return to the world 
 the true sound of the oldest Irish music\, lost to the living tradition 20
 0 years ago. Using applied research and hands-on artistic work on copies o
 f early Irish harps\, they are restoring Ireland's iconic\, historical ins
 trument and its repertory to contemporary Irish culture. \n\n Would you li
 ke to learn more about sound of the brass wire strings\, played with long 
 fingernails\, on the medieval Brian Boru harp depicted in the Irish nation
 al emblem? Would you be interested to know what the famous Irish harper\, 
 Turlough Carolan’s eighteenth-century songs and harp melodies might have
  sounded like on his larger version of a similar kind of instrument? Then 
 you’ve come to the right place! \n\n  \n
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LOCATION:Doneraile Court
ORGANIZER:mailto:info@eastcorkearlymusic.ie
SUMMARY:Early Irish Harp Talk in association with the Historical Harp Socie
 ty of Ireland
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/east-cork-early-music-festival/early-irish-harp
 -talk
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/east-cork-early-music-festival/early-irish-harp
 -talk
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