A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective imagination as favored companions of poetic expression and prayer.

The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

Resembling a harp or a large lyre, trapezium-shaped and about a metre ... aspect" and founded a school to train students in the ancient instrument. It was his idea to play the begena in retirement ...

It was performed to the strumming of a lyre—hence the name. This revolutionary style would prove central to many poetic traditions, from ancient Rome ... off Phrynis’ harp, admonishing the ...

The harp has roots with both the lyre of ancient Greece and the kora of West Africa. Francillon has extensive music history herself because music in her blood; being related to the musical ...

The music arrangements contain 'ancient' sounds of the reed flute, the harp / lyre and all sorts of Egyptian percussion, mixed with some subtle contemporary sounds from guitars, keyboards and synths.