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Historical harp guitar players include Polish guitarist-virtuoso Marek Konrad SokoĊowski (1818-1884), the German composers and guitarists Adam Darr (1811–1866) and Eduard Bayer (1822–1908) and the Italian virtuosi Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937), [2] [7] Mario Maccaferri, Italo Meschi (1887-1957) and Luigi Mozzani.
Doan's latest video project is a 90-minute documentary that he wrote and starred in titled In Search of the Harp Guitar. John hosted an International Harp Guitar Festival at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. [9] Doan was recently awarded "World's Leading Harp Guitarist" by the Brand Laureate Awards.
Items featured include a rare 1915 Gibson dual harp guitar, a 1944 Louisiana license plate made of sugar cane, and the FP-45 Liberator, a disposable handgun made by General Motors that was dropped behind enemy lines during WWII. Also, Johnnie and Fred check out a crawfish business.
Muriel Anderson (born June 17, 1960) is an American fingerstyle guitarist and harp guitarist who plays in many genres. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship.
He created the electro-acoustic harp. [10] He formed the trio Poesie und Musik together with Rene Bardet (bass) and Orlando Valentini (guitar), recording interpretations of the poetry of François Villon and Heinrich Heine, but left in 1978. [11] [12] During this period, Vollenweider also wrote music for film, mainly nature documentaries. [13]
[5] [6] [7] In October 2013, Henson-Conant performed and represented the United States at the 7th annual World Harp Festival, in Asunción, Paraguay. As you know, a lot of my music is compositional, and there's a lot of arpeggiated guitar parts. They work really well on the harp, especially since it's an electric harp and you can process it.
William Eaton is a New Age guitarist and luthier, known for building unique instruments, particularly harp guitars. [1] Eaton is currently the director of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery . [ 2 ] In 2015, Eaton was conferred the Governor of Arizona Arts Award. [ 1 ]
By 1976 he had returned to music, forming the Merry Band with Sylvia Woods (Celtic harp), Jerry McMillan (fiddle), and Chris Caswell (flutes, and wire-strung harp). They toured extensively for three years throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, and released three albums: Journey's Edge , American Stonehenge , and A Glint at the Kindling .