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

Only one man in the kingdom seemed cast down: the man who’d been Hrothgar’s harper before the blind man came to make his bid.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

Meanwhile the harper in the great room sang a song.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

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

There was a balcony at the further end, where the white-haired harpers played, and sang tales of war and love; curious antique mottoes were blazoned on the walls in old Welsh characters.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley

And there pass the gold and the silver, the ermine and all rich furs, harpers and minstrels, and the happy of the world.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason