A lecture/demonstration at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
is a harp
historian. She presents lecture /
demonstrations on historical harps at the
Boston Museum, harp conferences and to
groups around the country. Nancy is a
harp consultant for the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, assisting with the collection
and recording soundfiles on the harps.
Nancy publishes articles on historical
harps in journals: Bulletin of the
Historical Harp Society, and The Folk
Harp Journal.
Nancy is the chairperson for the
Historical Harp Society's Survey
Project, with a research and preservation goal of surveying all existing harps built before 1945 for
the Survey Project Database. Information and downloadable survey forms are available at
www.historicalharps.org.
LIST OF LECTURE/DEMONSTRATIONS in pdf
ARTICLES in pdf:
The Royal Portable Harp by John Egan, Journal of the Historical Harp Society, Spring 2003
The Horniman Museum Harps, Bulletin of the Historical Harp Society, April 2006
Dennis Hempson and the Old Harp Music, The Folk Harp Journal, Spring/Summer 2006
SOUNDFILES OF HISTORICAL HARPS:
French single-action pedal harp by Holtzman, c.1785 in MFA, Boston
Listen to mp3: Romance, from Sonata by Krumpholtz
Irish Royal Portable Harp by John Egan, c.1820 in MFA, Boston
Listen to mp3: My Lodging (Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms)
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