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Musical instruments, 1904
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1whatever can be added musically must come from some practical harp-player who is able to make a comparative study of the early stringed instruments of civilised races."
3SCOTSMAN, 16th May 1904.
5"This handsome and valuable volume has already been fully noticed (Leading Article, 14th May 1904). It is right, however, to call attention to the beauty and interest of the numerous illustrations, which include full-page plates figuring the most interesting and famous specimens of the Clarscha. The volume is addressed primarily to the archaeologist rather than to the mere musician, but at the end of each of the two sections into which it is divided there are examples of Irish and Highland harp music."
7GLASGOW HERALD, 3rd June 1904.
9"Musical antiquaries interested in these particular instruments have long waited for a worthy historian of the Irish and the Highland harps. They have found him at last in Mr. Armstrong, who has produced not only an admirable historical treatise, but a beautiful work of art.
11"The volume is one that the musical antiquary can hardly help losing his heart over. To him it must be the poet's 'thing of joy,' a 'beauty for ever.'
13"Shows a vast amount of original research, and embodies all the information 'on the books,' as the lawyer's phrase is. We cannot commend this book too warmly to those interested in the subject. Mr. Armstrong is an enthusiast, and an enthusiast with knowledge. He is the one living authority on the Irish and Highland harps."
15THE IRISH TIMES, 17th June 1904.
17"This is a sumptuous work, about which it is very hard to speak without being suspected of exaggeration. To musicians and antiquaries it will especially appeal, not only by reason of the immense mass of knowledge it conveys, the profound research of which it gives evidence, and the admirable lucidity with which it is written, but also by reason of the splendid series of illustrations which illuminate the text. It is produced, as we have said, on a gorgeous scale.
19"The author is a high authority on the subject.
21"We cannot do justice to the value of this fine work within the compass of a brief review, nor indeed do we think that the parts of it we would select would be those which will be most prized by students, for, though it has great historical interest, its real worth will be found in the minute technical details, which are given with most remarkable clearness and simplicity. The illustrations are exquisitely done; indeed, we have not received for a long time so interesting a volume, so well written, so well printed, so well bound, and so beautifully illustrated. It is certainly worthy of a place in any library."
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