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Beautiful Music NOW - Irish and Medieval harps

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Today's Beautiful Music harkens back to the Medieval and Renaissance eras. It's a program of music for Irish harps and Medieval harps featuring harpist Elena Polonska, vièle and recorder player Guy Durand, and recorder player Roger Cotte.

You can also use the links below to learn more about different types of harps.

https://www.britannica.com/art/Irish-harp

https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/medieval-instruments/harp-medieval/

Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.