This study examines the techniques required to effectively play the modern concert harp. Following a study of the main harp performing methods and an examination of the most popular instructional books published in recent times, this study explores and analyses the practice techniques of harp playing. It investigates and identifies general current practice techniques in music, and sees ways in which these may be incorporated into the learning of the harp. A number of musical excerpts are selected as the bases of specific practice plans which are designed to demonstrate how physical and mental techniques may be combined to support accurate and musical harp playing. The practice techniques and plans are assessed and supported by referring them to teachers and senior students. These research participants provided useful information regarding their own learning experiences and observations on the place that technical studies played in the growth of their own performance skills.

The primary purpose of this essay is to provide comparisons between Pleyel's chromatic harp and Erard's double-action pedal harp, in order to find the factor leading to the emergence of the double-action harp as today's standard instrument. This essay includes biographies of Gustave Lyon and Sébastien Erard, historical background, literature, criticisms, influences, performance techniques and as well as musical examples demonstrating written techniques of Pleyel's chromatic harp and Erard's double-action pedal harp. In addition, this essay also includes a list of earlier twentieth-century works for the chromatic harp.

This report seeks to outline recent federal policy regarding home mortgage finance, specifically the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), the main tool of the Making Home Affordable Program (MHA), which is aimed at helping the United States recover from the housing crisis it has been experiencing ever since the mid-late 2000s. A modern history of federal policy on home mortgage finance will help to set the stage for the reader for what has been one of the most difficult housing disasters that America has ever seen. After outlining HARP’s background, the background of the housing crisis, the roles of Government-sponsored entities, and the effectiveness of the most current federal responses to the crisis, this report will detail policy recommendations and changes to the current programs that may help to further alleviate the problems discussed in this report, and more effectively achieve the stated goals of the MHA and HARP. / text

Anyone concerned with the harp in this century knows of the genius of Carlos Salzedo. His pedagogical, compositional and professional activities have had a tremendous impact on the harp world. With this in mind, the present study considers his transcriptions for harp from other works and his editings of other composers' harp compositions. It is the purpose of this study to find in what ways his work in this area has been helpful to harpists.

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Thesis (M. Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997. / Bibliography: leaves 102-111.

Thesis (M. Sc.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. / Bibliography: leaves 83-96.

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