Alphonse Hasselmans

Alphonse Hasselmans

male, deceased (1912)
Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912) was a Belgian-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue. He composed several dozen original solos for harp (the...

Henriette Renié

female, deceased (1956)
Henriette Renié was a harpist and composer, a deeply religious woman who lived in poverty for much of her life, but who was independent and s...
Carlos Salzedo

Carlos Salzedo

male, deceased (1961)
Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961), was a harpist, composer and conductor, born in Arcachon, France, after whom the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine is...
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa

Nicolas-Charles Bochsa

male, deceased (1856)
Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (born August 9, 1789 in Montmédy, Meuse, France, died January 6, 1856 in Sydney, Australia) was a musician and c...
Lily Laskine

Lily Laskine

female, deceased (1988)
Lily Laskine (1893-1988) was one of the best-known harpists of the twentieth century. She was a frequent performing partner of the French flautist...
Marcel Tournier

Marcel Tournier

male, deceased (1951)
Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) was a French harpist, composer, and pedagogue who composed important solo repertory for the harp that expanded the...
Pierre Jamet

Pierre Jamet

male
Pierre Jamet is a French harpist and pedagogue; professor of harp at the Paris Conservatory, 1948 to 1963, succeeding Marcel Tournier.

Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz

male, deceased (1790)
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz was a French composer and harpist. He learned music from his father while growing up in Paris; in 1773 he played a...