Aeolian Wind Harp

Katia de Peyer $ 98.16
Description Wind harps have the distinction of being the only strung instrument whose music is composed entirely of harmonic tones, imbuing them with a vibrant resonance not heard in ordinary music. They are also the only strung instrument played solely by the wind. These two characteristics combine to create a music that for many people is especially alluring. Window harps are to be hung vertically or placed horizontally on the inside of a window frame, where draughts and breezes blowing across their strings play the harmonic series of notes. The various airs can be likened to being different ‘composers’, taking many years for a listener to become familiar with the wind harp’s spontaneous ‘repertoire’. Whether placed in a window of a home, work place, or centre, window harps create a refreshing ambiance – naturally!
ISBN:

Contains:

Format:

Pages:

Contents

1. My Dance, Our Symphony
2. New York
3. 16 Langford Place
4. The Chamber Music Society
5. Musical Roots
6. Horovitz, Milhaud, and Mozart
7. Life in New York
8. Musical Colleagues and Friends
9. Challenges
10. Carnegie Concert Hall and the World of Musicians
11. Porto Vecchio
12. A Music Festival at Sea
13. The Assisi Festa Musica Pro
14. Castello di Duino and a Turning Point
15. The Washington Sinfonia
16. More Musical Colleagues and Collaborations
17. Sweet and Sour
18. Master Teacher, Master Passeur

Acknowledgements
Newspaper, Text and Photographic Credits
Appendix A: Gervase de Peyer, Principal Clarinet
Appendix B: Select Recordings
Appendix C: An Extract from Portraits 1: Gervase de Peyer
Select Bibliography
About the Author

About the Author

Katia de Peyer’s first book Dancing with MySelf, Sensuous Exercises for Body, Mind and Spirit (Nucleus Publications, 1991; La Source Press, 2026) introduced her method of inner-centering through movement, hailed by Diane von Furstenberg as a whole new attitude about exercising. Her second book Enjoy Your Healing Power (La Source Press, 2025) is an intuitive, helpful guide for developing our healing power.  A ballet dancer born in Paris who lived in Spain to further her studies in flamenco, Katia moved to New York in the late sixties to start a successful career as a personal trainer. There she met the virtuoso clarinettist Gervase de Peyer in 1976.  She and Gervase married in 1980 and lived for two decades in the US and then in the UK until Gervase’s death in 2017.  Katia continues her work as a writer and healer in London and New York.

You may also like…

Related products