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The Mysterious Affair of Queen Marie Antoinette’s Harp: A Case for the Harp Detective. AMIS 2022

Fanny Guillaume-Castel presented the above paper at this year's AMIS conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 8-11. When talking...

The Hochbrucker Family and the Adoption of the Pedal Harp before 1760. AMIS Conference 2022, Video

Lewis Jone and I presented the above paper at this year's AMIS conference, 8-11 June 2022, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This paper examines...

Marie-Antoinette and the pedal harp in Vienna

A recent monograph on the musical activities of Marie-Antoinette continues a long tradition of stating—without citing any evidence—that...