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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.
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 ...
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.
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. At the same time as she was studying piano, voice and harp at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, she was ...
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. She also built a profile for the Irish harp which...
A TRIBUTE to celebrated musician Gráinne Yeats. Legendary Irish harper, singer and historian Gráinne Yeats, born 14 April 1925, passed away on April 18, 2013. Gráinne Yeats was the first professional musician to revive and record the ancient Irish wire-strung harp.
For National Harp Day 2021 in association with Harp Ireland, Cruit Éireann ITMA is delighted to present this featurette on the Gráinne Yeats Collection.
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