EVENSONG (Dana Suesse) Casper Reardon, Harp

EVENSONG (Ireland, 1300 A.D.) The second movement of the suite Young Man With A Harp (Dana Suesse) Played by Casper Reardon, accompanied by the composer, April 23, 1940. In the 1930s and early 1940s Casper Reardon (1907-1941) was the most sought-after harpist in popular music. A classically trained son of vaudeville artists, he studied with legendary Carlos Salzedo at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Reardon gained stature in the 1920s when he became first harpist of the Cinncinati Orchestra under Fr