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:''For the band, see Glass Harp (band) or for the similar instrument, see Glass harmonica''. A glass harp (also called musical glasses, singing glasses, angelic organ, verrilion or ghost fiddle) is a musical instrument made of upright wine glasses. It is played by running moistened or chalked fingers around the rim of the glasses. Each glass is tuned to a different pitch, either by grinding each goblet to the specified pitch, in which case the tuning is permanent, or by filling the glass with water until the desired pitch is achieved. ==History== The glass harp was created in 1741 by Irishman Richard Pockrich, who is known as the first virtuoso of the musical glasses. Pockrich called his instrument the "angelic organ" and it was played with sticks, rather than by rubbing the glasses with a moistened finger. His successful concert career was brought to a premature end by a fire in which both the inventor and instrument perished in 1759.〔Sibyl Marcuse, "Angelic Organ", ''Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary'', corrected edition, Norton Library N758 (New York: W. W.Norton, 1975).〕 The composer Christoph Willibald Gluck played the musical glasses. He performed in London and Copenhagen. His instrument consisted of 26 goblets.〔Sibyl Marcuse, "Musical Glasses", ''Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary'', corrected edition, Norton Library N758 (New York: W. W.Norton, 1975).〕 The instrument was popular in the 18th century. Pockrich's contemporary, Ford, published ''Instructions for the Playing of the Musical Glasses'' while Bartl published a German version.〔P1205; ''W. A. Mozart''; Hermann Abert, Stewart Spencer (translator), Cliff Eisen; Yale University Press, 2007; ISBN 0-300-07223-6〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「glass harp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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