“In almost every church fresco or statuary detail, you’ll find an angel playing a harp. It’s a purposeful symbol to say that both the instrument and its sound have some divine tenor, that the pluck of a string attends the movement of history. As such, when you hear a harp’s hum, it’s hard to divorce it from the context. If out of place, it can sound overly dramatic or hammed up. But what happens wh”
