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Nansi Richards - The Art Of Nansi Richards LP 1973 RARE. Harp music. Qualition Records (SQUAD 115) Album of Harp music 1973. Vinyl is graded as EXCELLENT CONDITION. The cover has a small push through on centre of spine. Laminated front. Some pen marks on rear (See pic).
Nansi Richards Jones (14 May 1888 – 21 December 1979) was a Welsh harpist, sometimes known as the “Queen of the Harp”.
Richards was born at , . An expert on both the and , she always maintained that the greatest influences on her life were her father, the who stayed on their farm, and Tom Lloyd, Telynor Ceiriog, who taught her to play the harp.
She won the competition three times in succession, and played several times for the . She was appointed official harpist to ; after her death at the age of 91, the appointment was unfilled until 2000. Her last years were spent at her home.