Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original TItle Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1. Myth & Magic: The Harp in Legend and Song; 2. Shapes & Stones: The earliest archaeological evidence; 3. Clarsach & Cruit: Early literary references and nomenclature in Gaelic areas; 4. Harp & Carp: Early literary references in non-Gaelic areas; 5. Harps of Their Owne Sorte: Descriptions of surviving instruments; 6. Fiction & Facts: The history of the three old harps examined
7. Court & Courtiers: The harp at the Royal Court of Scotland8. The Scots Lairds: The harp in non-Gaelic areas; 9. Irish Interplay: Irish travelling harpers and musical connections; 10. Highland Harpers: Highland clans and their harping connections; 11. Rory Dall Morison & His Contemporaries: Three harpers of the mid 17th and 18th centuries; 12. The Atholl Connection: Perthshire as a centre of harping activity; 13. Fading Echoes: The decline of the harp in the Highlands; 14. Puirt, Uirt & Orgain: The music of the harps; 15. Classical Revival: The harp in 19th-century Scotland
16. A Harp New-strung: The harp in the 20th centuryAppendix; Index
