Professor Sally Harper

Honorary Research Fellow

s.e.harper@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382126

Born near Dudley in the West Midlands, Sally Harper completed her doctorate at Oxford University on music and medieval liturgy (Magdalen and Brasenose colleges) in 1989, following Bachelor and Master's degrees at Birmingham University. Following a brief period in academic administration at the University of Warwick, she began teaching at Bangor in 1991, where she discovered a passion for Wales, its people and its language. She was appointed Senior Lecturer in Music in 2006 and was for a period Director of the Centre of Advanced Welsh Music Studies and co-editor of the bilingual journal Welsh Music History / Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru. Sally has published widely on various aspects of music in medieval and early modern Wales as well as on medieval liturgy and church music. She is an elected Fellow of both the Learned Society of Wales and the Royal Historical Society.

Sally took early retirement from the University in 2018 to train as a priest in the Church in Wales, but continues her association with Bangor as an Honorary Research Fellow. She is also Honorary Professor in Cathedral and Sacred Music Studies at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK, and KTP Academic Supervisor for a research project based at Liverpool Cathedral.

2022

  • Published
    Harper, S., 29 Sept 2022, A History of Welsh Music. Herbert, T., Clarke, M. V. & Barlow, H. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 78-99 22 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter 鈥� peer-review

2019

  • Published
    Harper, J. (Editor), Harper, S. E. (Editor) & Cheung Salisbury, M., 2019, Early English Church Music (EECM). (Early English Church Music; vol. 59)
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
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    Harper, J. (Editor), Harper, S. (Editor) & Cheung Salisbury, M. (Editor), 2019, Early English Church Music (EECM). (Early English Church Music; vol. 60)
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2017

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    Harper, S., Oct 2017, Music, Liturgy, and the Veneration of Saints of the Medieval Irish Church in a European Context. Buckley, A. (ed.). Brepols, p. 253-265 13 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter 鈥� peer-review

2016

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    Harper, S., 15 Jan 2016, Late Medieval Liturgies Enacted: The Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church. Harper, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Williamson, M. (eds.). Routledge
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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    Harper, S. E. & Harper, J., 15 Jan 2016, Late Medieval Liturgies Enacted: The Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church. Harper, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Williamson, M. (eds.). 2016 ed. Routledge
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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    Harper, S. E. (Editor), Williamson, M. (Editor) & Barnwell, P. (Editor), 15 Jan 2016, 1st ed. London: Routledge. 392 p.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2013

  • Published
    Harper, S. E., Evans, D. F. (Editor), Lewis, B. (Editor) & Owen, A. P. (Editor), 17 Dec 2013, Gwalch Cywyddau Gwyr: Ysgrifau Ar Guto'r Glyn a Chymru'r Bymthegfed Ganrif / Essays on Guto'r Glyn and Fifteenth-century Wales. 2013 ed. University of Wales,Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, p. 177-202
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter

2010

  • Published
    Harper, S. E., Hornby, E. (Editor) & Maw, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell: Sources, Style, Performance, Historiography.. 2010 ed. Boydell Press, p. 1-21
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter

2009

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    Harper, S. E., 16 May 2009.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper

2008

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    Harper, S. E., Kennedy, R. (Editor) & Meecham-Jones, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, Authority and Subjugation in Writing of Medieval Wales. 2008 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 231-250
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Aug 2008.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jul 2008.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2008, In: Ll锚n Cymru. 31, 1, p. 104-117
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2007

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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2007, In: Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 13, p. 58-73
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 4 Apr 2007
    Research output: Non-textual form 鈥� Web publication/site
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jun 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 3 Jun 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2007, Ashgate.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 4 Jun 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper

2006

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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2006.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E. (Editor) & Thomas, W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, 2006 ed. University of Wales Press.
    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
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    Harper, S. E., Harper, S. E. (Editor) & Thomas, W. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Bearers of Song/Cynheiliaid Y Gan. 2006 ed. University of Wales Press, p. 0
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2006.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2006.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2006.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2006.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper

2005

  • Published
    Harper, S. E., 1 Apr 2005, In: Renaissance Studies. 19, 2, p. 201-228
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2005, In: Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle. 38, p. 1-66
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2005.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2005.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper

2004

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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2004, In: Cof Cenedl. 19, p. 1-35
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2004, In: North American Journal of Welsh Studies. 4, 1, p. 20-42
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2004.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2004, In: National Library of Wales Journal. 33, p. 0
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2003

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    Harper, S. E., 10 May 2003.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2003, In: Welsh History Review. 21, p. 621-45
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2003.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2003, In: Studia Celtica. 37, p. 221-267
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2003.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper

2002

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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2002, In: New Welsh Review. xiv/4, no. 56, p. 45-52
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2002.
    Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper

2001

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    Harper, S. E., 1 Jan 2001, In: Studia Celtica. 35, p. 325-40
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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    Harper, S. E., 1 Dec 2001, In: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. 42, p. 1-25
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

1999

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    Rees, S. & Harper, S., 30 Jun 1999, In: Welsh Music History. 3, p. 54-67 14 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • 01/02/2011 鈥� 30/09/2011 (Finished)

  • 01/02/2010 鈥� 31/05/2010 (Finished)

    Description

    The Bangor Pontifical Project is an initiative of 麻豆传媒高清版鈥檚 125th Anniversary Celebrations. A collaboration between the University and Bangor Cathedral, the project has enabled the Bangor Pontifical 鈥� a hidden and precious treasure of medieval Bangor 鈥� to be made universally accessible via a permanent, high resolution website. The Pontifical is owned by the Dean and Chapter of Bangor Cathedral and it is still brought to the cathedral for special occasions, although it is now kept for safety in 麻豆传媒高清版 Archive.

    The Bangor Pontifical is an exceptional manuscript. It is the only complete liturgical manuscript known to survive from the medieval diocese of Bangor, and one of just two extant books from medieval Wales as a whole to contain substantial plainchant notation. Inscribed as belonging originally to Anian 鈥楽ais鈥�, bishop of Bangor between 1309 and 1328, the Pontifical is now confidently dated to the first quarter of the fourteenth century. It contains texts and detailed instructions for the liturgical observances to be conducted by a bishop: the dedication of churches, altars and cemeteries; the enthronement and consecration of an archbishop; and special blessings given during the canon of the Mass and on other specific occasions. The manuscript also contains a very substantial corpus of plainchant, all copied onto a four-line stave. Several of these chants are known from no other source.

    The Bangor Pontifical Project provides free, global access to this unique manuscript. This website enables users to examine the book in its entirety, to zoom in on its intricate decoration and musical notation, and to hear some of the chants performed.

    Links:

  • 01/02/2010 鈥� 01/08/2013 (Finished)

  • 01/12/2009 鈥� 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • 01/10/2008 鈥� 20/05/2010 (Finished)

  • 31/07/2008 鈥� 10/07/2009 (Finished)