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Biography. Discs. Books and publications. References. External links. Gráinne Yeats (14 April 1925 – 18 April 2013) [1] was an Irish harpist and singer, and also a historian of the Irish harp . Biography. Yeat was born as Gráinne Ní hEigeartaigh in Dublin and raised bilingually in Irish and English.
27 de abr. de 2013 · Gráinne Yeats was a harpist, singer and historian of the Irish harp, and is credited with the revival of the traditional wire-strung harp.
After more than fifty years reviving and revolutionising the music and instruments of Irish harping, Yeats crowned a lifetime of achievement when, as president of Cairde na Cruite, she oversaw Ireland hosting the World Harp Congress for the first time. Gráinne Yeats died on 18 April 2013 in Dublin and was buried in Shanganagh cemetery.
4 de abr. de 2021 · Yeats, Gráinne (1925–2013), harpist, singer, teacher and historian, was born on 14 April 1925 in Dublin, the youngest child of Patrick Sarsfield ('P. S.') O'Hegarty (qv) and Wilhelmina (Mina) Rebecca (née Smyth). Both parents were steeped in the politics and traditional culture of Ireland: her father had been a member of the ...
Harp Spectrum. Author Biography. GRÁINNE YEATS (d. April 18, 2013) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised bilingually in Irish and English. She always combined a deep interest in traditional music and songs with a corresponding interest in classical music.
Gráinne Yeats was the first professional musician to revive and make recordings of the wire-strung harp. She has a special interest in the traditional harp of Ireland and has done extensive research on the Irish harper-composers and their repertoire, and on the history of the instrument itself.
8 de jun. de 2023 · Summary. From the middle of the twentieth century, three female harp players – Sheila Larchet Cuthbert ( b .1923), Mercedes Garvey (1925–2013) and Gráinne Yeats (1925–2013) – were pivotal to the evolution of the harp in Ireland. As friends, teaching colleagues and lifelong members of Cairde na Cruite (Friends of the Harp ...
