AHJ, Vol. 4 No. 3, Spring 1974

The American Harp Journal
Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring 1974
Editor: GAIL BARBER
Editorial Consultant: GRACE FOLLET
Editorial Assistants: JILL JUSTICE, BETTY
BOB SANDERS
Editorial Board: MARJORIE CALL, CATHERINE
GOTTHOFFER, GERTRUDE HUST ANA,
KATHRYN JULYE, CHARLES KLEINSTEUBER,
LUCY LEWIS, DOROTHY REMSEN AND ANN
STOCKTON
Advertising Manager: NINA DUNKEL
AMERICAN HARP SOCIETY, INC.
Marcel Grandjany, Chairman of the
Founding Committee
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ann Mason Stockton, Chairman, Marion
Bannerman, Gail Barber, Barbara Belew,
Doris Calkins, Marjorie Call, Suzann
Davids, Grace Follet, Marion Fouse,
Catherine Gotthoffer, Gertrude Hustana,
Kathryn Julye, Charles Kleinsteuber,
Lucy Lewis, Sylvia Meyer, Frances Gilman
Miller, Emily Oppenheimer, Lynne Palmer,
Dorothy Remsen, Mary Brigid Roman,
Lucien Thomson, Clara Walker.
OFFICERS
Catherine Gotthoffer, President; Charles
Kleinsteuber, Vice-President; Lucy Lewis,
Vice-President; Dorothy Remsen, Secretary;
Gertrude Hustana, Treasurer.
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Emily Oppenheimer, New England; Lucien
Thomson. New York; Sylvia Meyer, Mid­
Atlantic; Barbara Belew, Southern; Mary
Brigid Roman, Southeastern; Lucy Lewis,
North Central; Suzann Davids, Midwestern;
Gail Barber, Southwestern; Marion Fouse,
Northwestern; Kathryn Julye, Western.
PAST PRESIDENTS
Lucile Lawrence, Lucien Thomson, Catherine
Gotthoffer, Suzanne Balderston.
CONTENTS
2 General Information
3 Salvatore Mario de Stefano--Lucile High Jennings
6 Harp Literature in France in the 18th Century­
France Vernillat
21 A Note from the Editor
22 Special Memberships
23 1975 Competition
27 Do I Hear A Harp?-Lois Adele Craft
29 The Eleventh National Conference
35 New Recordings--Lucy Lewis
36 Ruth Close Fellowship Awards
37 New Music-Marion Bannerman
39 Concert Calendar
40 About the Cover
41 People and Places
48 The Glissando--Ruth Sinai
49 Chapter Reports
58 The Young Artists Fund
58 Marcel Grandjany Fund
58 Minutes
58 Teachers' Directory
The American Harp Journal is the official
publication of The American Harp Society,
Inc., 6331 Quebec Dr., Hollywood, CA
90068, and is published twice yearly in the
Spring and Fall. Copyright, 1974 by the
American Harp Society, Inc. Entered as
Third Class Material at the United States
Post Office, Lubbock, Texas Permit Number
343. Printed by the Texas Tech University
Press.
About the Cover: seep. 40