ANNUAL LECTURE 2021 : ‘Edward Bunting as a Collector’ – a live, online talk by Simon Chadwick, Sunday 23 May 2021, 5pm.

Cruit Éireann, Harp Ireland presents our Annual Lecture 2021  ‘Edward Bunting as a Collector’ – a live, online talk by Simon Chadwick, Sunday 23 May 2021, 5pm.

Edward Bunting is famous for saving the music of the old Irish harpers. This talk will look in more detail at his work “on the ground”, how he travelled around and met the harpers and other musicians, and how he went about the collecting process. We will look at some of his notebooks from Queen’s University Belfast and talk about what we can deduce about his working methods from them.

Simon Chadwick is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important international experts on the history and traditions of the early Irish harp, helping to spearhead the current revival.

This is a free event. Please avail of our honesty box and donate to www.harpireland.ie/donate. Your donations enable us continue our work for harping in Ireland.
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You can now watch the video of Simon’s lecture in our Resources section at https://www.harpireland.ie/resources/