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Clarsach

Burnt fragment with notches and a ruler showing scale - object size about 4 inches

Lyres before Harps? recent Scottish archaeology

27 May 202526 May 2025 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Burnt Lyre Bridge, from High Pasture Cave – from Steven Birch, Case Study, High Pasture Cave (ScARF – Scottish … Read more

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Sheet music for Da Mihi Manum, bass line and melody - ie for fiddle

Historical Harping 2: Who Was Rory Dall?

13 May 202512 May 2025 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Da Mihi Manum, from Twelve English and Twelve Irish Airs for the German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord, Vol 2 … Read more

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Celtic harp on a museum stand

Minding the Gaps: Pre-histories of Scottish Harps and Harpists

30 April 202528 April 2025 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Queen Mary Harp, in the National Museum of Scotland, photograph by David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 The clarsach, or … Read more

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window on ruined church with sky and clouds

Review: Window to the West: Culture and Environment in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd

23 August 202321 August 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: cover art from Window to the West This book, jointly authored by Meg Bateman and John Purser, is an … Read more

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Scottish Mountainside near Rothiemurchus

50 Years of the Society of Highland and Island Historical Research: more on musicians and music in Highland society

3 November 2022 by Jane Pettegree

The Society of Highland & Island Historical Research (see Soundyngs post 2/3/22) celebrates this year the 50th anniversary of its … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 17thCentury, 18thCentury, Bagpipe, Clarsach, Fiddle, Highland, Ossian, Song, Strathspey Leave a comment
Ardival Harps reproduction of historical wire-strung harps

The Wire-Strung Harp in Scotland: traditions and transformation

28 February 202222 February 2022 by Jane Pettegree

(featured image – modern reproductions of historical wire-strung harps, made by Ardival Harps) The wire-strung harp – or Clàrsach or … Read more

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