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Amateur Harpists
Didn’t Give Up The Day Job
Rumour has it that the following luminaries were also keen harp players…
St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (c. 909-988)
Marie Antionette (1755-1793): French Queen
George Sand: Novelist
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: English King and One-Time Queen
Mylene Klass: Girl Band Member – Pianist – Daytime TV Presenter
Thorin Oakenshield: Dwarf (The Hobbit, 1937)
Ada, Countess Lovelace: Daughter of Lord Byron, English Poet
Benjamin Frankin: US President
Mary, Queen of Scots: Scottish Queen
Willam Van de Wall: Harpist at NY Metropolitan Opera and developer of the first comprehensive institutional Music Therapy
Programme at Allentown State Hospital, PA, in 1923.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799): French Playwright
King James I of Scotland
King James I of England
Tristan: Medieval Action Hero
Empress Josephine: Wife of Napoleon
Hildegard von Bingen: Benedictine Abbess, Mystic and Author
Posted on: November 16, 2011.