Masumi Nagasawa: Inspiring liberty in music
When Sébastien Erard (1752-1831) introduced the double-action harp in 1810, musicians were extremely enthusiastic about the new instrument and never reconsidered the qualities of the earlier single-action pedal harp. This created a lasting image of the single-action pedal harp as being “imperfect’” and devalued its musical repertoire from Classical to Romanticism. Over time the single-action harp lost its position as […]
