Royal Harpist Appointments

[Calista Anne Koch]

Does anyone know how to (quickly) locate the list of Royal Harpists
of England from 1870 back?

[carl-swanson]

Call Prince Charles!

[Calista Anne Koch]

Carl,

You crack me up!!!

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

I got this info by googling royal harpists: Past Royal Harpists include: William More
(sixteenth century), harpist to Henry VIII; Cormack MacDermott (1605); Philip Squire
(1618); Lewis Williams/Evans, harpist to James I, Charles I, and Charles II; Charles Evans
(1660); William Powell (died 1750), for whom Handel wrote his Harp Concerto, and the
blind harpist John Parry (1710-1782), harpists to the Prince of Wales; John Balsir
Chatterton (1840) and John Thomas (1871), harpists to Queen Victoria. Now Catrin Finch is
the Royal Harpist.

[Calista Anne Koch]

Fabulous!

[Calista Anne Koch]

Also, just in case anyone reads this post, Miss Finch was appointed in 2000, and served 2 terms (2 years a piece).

[Tacye]

Thomas Thomas just suffered from sibling rivalry…

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

When one of these harpists visited the washroom, did they experience a “royal flush”?

[unknown-user]

Hi Calista,

Many thanks for putting the record straight.

Jemima

[unknown-user]

Just wanted to update this thread…

Apparently Claire Jones is the current Royal Harpist… Here’s the bbc news link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/6719685.stm

And her website link:

http://www.clairejones.co.uk/lnewsroyalengagements.html

Ms. Jones as well as the previous (-ly mentioned in this thread) Royal Harpists’ albums are available on iTunes…

For a brief history of Royal Harpists – I found this on wikipedia:

The Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales is a position within the Royal Household. In 2000,

[HBrock25]

Does anyone know how the royal harpists ( Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales) is chosen — in modern times — and in historical times?

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