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celtic harp

triangular harp traditional to Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Class type of: frame harps with manual action Q1288250

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
music tradition, type of musical instrument[2]
Subclass of
frame harps with manual action[3]
Country of origin
Ireland[4]
Described by source
Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Edward Ledwich: The Antiquities of Ireland, Second Edition Dublin 1804[5][6]
Different from
harp[8]
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
322.221[7]
Indigenous to
Ireland[9]
Intangible cultural heritage status
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage[10][11]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en clàrsach en Irish harp en Gaelic harp en celtic harp en celtic harps en clairseach en cláirseach en clarsach ar هارب سلتي cs keltská harfa da Keltisk harpe de Keltische Harfe es arpa céltica es arpa irlandesa fa چنگ سلتی fa چنگ ایرلندی fa چنگ سلتیک fi irlantilainen harppu fi kelttiharppu fi kelttiläinen harppu
🔖 Identifiers · 24
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh90005020
GND ID
4334607-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Celtic harp dsc05425.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300042092
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122717968
Described at URL
ich.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org, nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/Irish-harp
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
harpe-irlandaise
FAST ID
850381
Freebase ID
/m/0csbd8
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2059700
J9U entity ID
987007539332805171
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID
mp2013015356
MIMO instrument ID
3286
MusicBrainz instrument ID
e9b4bcb7-4731-42c3-9464-9d58fb12ec2d
National Library of Latvia ID
000259967
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
10803
Quora topic ID
Celtic-Harp
SEKO ID
00490
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
1715
Topic's main category
Category:Celtic harps
UNESCO ICH ID
RL/01461
UNIMARC: Medium of Performance ID
tih
Yale LUX ID
concept/5b5fef4e-4d07-4467-9b66-72cae68b8f47

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🔗 Connections
← Instrument 5
Nolwenn Leroy, Alan Stivell, Maggie Stiefvater, Natalia "Hellawes" O'Shea, Tara Jaff
← Depicts 2
1 euro coin, Ten pence
Country of origin 1
Ireland
Examples 1
Trinity College Harp
Indigenous to 1
Ireland
Intangible cultural heritage status 1
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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Summary

celtic harp is a music tradition[1].

Related Entities

Alan Stivell Ireland Nolwenn Leroy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Retrieved . nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie. Retrieved . nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie. Retrieved . nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Intangible cultural heritage status → Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of H, Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
    Indigenous to → Ireland
    Instance of → music tradition, type of musical instrument
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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