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Ailanna
Unregistered User
(12/6/03 11:12 am)
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Musical versions of "The Twa Sisters"
Loreena McKennitt's "The Bonny Swans" is still my favorite musical version of the ballad, but I also quite like Ceoltoiri's more traditional approach, "The Cruel Sister," on their Women of Ireland CD. And the Mediaeval Baebes have an instrumental track called "Binnorie," which makes me think of one version of the ballad that I first became familiar with through Elizabeth Marie Pope's marvelous Perilous Gard.
On a slightly unrelated note, I recently discovered Ann Heymann's Queen of the Harps CD and am absolutely enchanted by how different the wire gut-strung harp sounds. I love the intensity of the sound, and the way it manages to both be clear and sustained at the same time.
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mmcphie
Unregistered User
(12/14/03 5:42 am)
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Harp story about stolen child
The story about the stolen child recovered with the trade of an extraordinary harp sounds like "The Stolen Bairn." It can be found in a book of Scottish tales by Leclaire Alger (Sorche nic Leodhas). I think it's Thirteen Black Cats, but it could be one of her others.
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Laura
McCaffrey
Registered User
(1/3/04 11:42 am)
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Another harp story
Don't know if you're still looking, but this is from W. Jenkyn Thomas THE WELSH FAIRY BOOK The Fairy Harp:
www.red4.co.uk/Folklore/f...ryharp.htm
LauraMc
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GoldTreeQuest
Unregistered User
(1/5/04 2:52 pm)
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Harps in Fairy tales
The Cry of Vengeance, Celtic Fairy Tales for Children by Phillip Wilson.
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