The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

Beautiful to look at and incredible in sound – here the greatest pieces written for the harp in classical music history. With its gentle plucking, evocative timbre and dramatic glissandi, the harp has ...

The lyre was a popular instrument at festivals. A lyre is a bit like a small harp and musicians play it by strumming or plucking it.

On the occasion of the opening of Dhaka Flow’s new venue, the organisation hosted an evening of meditation experienced ...

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A storyteller played music on a small harp or a lyre to accompany their stories and poems. Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan ...

The addition of Psalm 150 – ‘Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre’ – which he says is basically about feeling part of a bigger universe ...

"Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Praise the Lord with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, ...

"It was this really magical performance. The harp was just beautiful in the sunset. And I started listening to her music a lot and eventually was inspired to take harp lessons myself," the Oakland ...

Among them was a lyre - an ancient harp - and a 1,400-year-old box thought to be the only surviving example of painted Anglo-Saxon woodwork in Britain. Gold coins, the gilded silver neck of a ...

Harpists for Peace is an international organization of people who play the harp and those who love harp music. The started in 2009, with the idea of people worldwide playing the harp at the same ...