harper

When they became international stars in the 1970s, the group hired a harper named Derek Bell to play the old O’Carolan tunes, which as a result became part of every Irish band’s repertoire.

From Washington Post ● May 12, 2016

Mead has been spilled on the oak and the king's strong-thewed companions, none over 30, sprawl, snore or listen intently to the end of a long-drawn saga sung by Maccus, the harper.

From Time Magazine Archive

I could no longer pay the cook and the harper, and Lynesse grew wild when I spoke of pawning her jewels.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Arya made faces across the table when no one was looking,- Sansa listened raptly while the king's high harper sang songs of chivalry, and Rickon kept asking why Jon wasn't with them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The former harper crept out into the darkness, unnoticed by the rest.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

When gloved harpers set those overhead strings vibrating, the Kennedy Center architecture will be reflected in the tone.

From Washington Post ● May 12, 2016

"Your father—" "—will thank me, when I hand him his kingdom. I mean to do a deed that the harpers will sing of for a thousand years."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Two days before the Eisteddfod, there began to troop into the town from all parts bards and singers, poets and harpers and minstrels and the members of a chorus five hundred voices strong.

From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions

Of this we have a very beautiful representation, where the Evangelist saw a great multitude clothed in white, and following the Lamb of God; and “he heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps.”

From True Christianity by Johann Arndt

We learn an art by doing that which we wish to do when we have learned it; we become builders by building, and harpers by playing on the harp.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by William De Witt Hyde