Birtwistle, Harrison - Crowd (Harp)
Instrumentation: Harp
ISMN: 9790060118517
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.
This piece is an exploration of resonance, and in the essential nature of the earliest harps. Crowd (etymologically related to the Celtic words crwth, cruit & crot) was the English term used for instruments of the lyre class, & ultimately for a frame harp from pre-Christian to medieval times.