. International studio. fection ofharmonious human relation in a lesson at harping. The aesthetic outlines of the harp at all timesinvited the sculptors skill. The crudely hewnclarshech (Irelands Harp) is headed In hold carv-ings of Irish fox hounds and imaginative traceriesof Celtic legends; the harp of Charles II is fes-tooned by Grinling Gibbons, and Gouthieresinspired mounts of bronze grace the harp olMarie Antoinette by Cousineau. And harps were captivatingly painted by theMartins in the Chinese taste, or a la Francaisewith amorini, love birds and flowers, or coveredwith marqueterie by ma
. International studio. fection ofharmonious human relation in a lesson at harping. The aesthetic outlines of the harp at all timesinvited the sculptors skill. The crudely hewnclarshech (Irelands Harp) is headed In hold carv-ings of Irish fox hounds and imaginative traceriesof Celtic legends; the harp of Charles II is fes-tooned by Grinling Gibbons, and Gouthieresinspired mounts of bronze grace the harp olMarie Antoinette by Cousineau. And harps were captivatingly painted by theMartins in the Chinese taste, or a la Francaisewith amorini, love birds and flowers, or coveredwith marqueterie by master ebenistes; the AdelphiParnassians (the brothers Adam and their courtof artisans) appliedon the so u n d i n gboards of glisteningsatinwood the classicsymbols and scrollsof Pergolesi. A salonwithout the harpsgraceful presencewas recitals were infashion everywhere,and those at Mal-maison were the mostmemorable musicevents of the FirstEmpire. And in1818, under the Res-toration, Madame de Genlis writes. soundhole covered with a carved rose on abod} (belly) shaped verj like an elongated turtle. Its strings were USUall} paired and each pair wastuned in unison except the highest, a single stringcalled the chanterelle, which carried the melodjwhile the others played the accompaniment. InPoesies dAmadis .lanivn we find: Quand je /a ttiy M nentille et si belleSi doucemenl les langues manier du lul uimtiUUEt sa voix marierAu son mignurd que dit lu Chanterelle The lute — omnium instrumentorum prin-ceps—ruler ol a vast kingdom from the gigantic Ch 1 tarrone to t h etoy like pochette byStradivarius, was re-warded for sweet-ness of tone by in-lays of ivory andsilver in graceful al-legorical designs andlater with leaves ofcrimson tortoise shellheld by finely en-graved filets of pre-cious metals. Itssound carries visionsof the radiant Dianede Poictiers and of the poetic Ninon de CALYPSO ENTERTAINS TELE- I >T7 I I It C I machus on her lyre L E™l°s <thc dau
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