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.

2025

• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu‘Finally shall come the poet, worthy that name’: Exploring the role of a Cathedral Poet-in-Residence
  Harper, S., 1 Maw 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Journal of Beliefs and Values.
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2022

• CyhoeddwydSecular Music before 1650
  Harper, S., 29 Medi 2022, A History of Welsh Music. Herbert, T., Clarke, M. V. & Barlow, H. (gol.). Cambridge University Press, t. 78-99 22 t.
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2019

• CyhoeddwydMass of the Blessed Virgin Mary According to the Use of Salisbury, Part 1: Introduction and Choir Book
  Harper, J. (Golygydd), Harper, S. E. (Golygydd) & Cheung Salisbury, M., 2019, Early English Church Music (EECM). (Early English Church Music; Cyfrol 59)
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• CyhoeddwydMass of the Blessed Virgin Mary According to the Use of Salisbury, Part II
  Harper, J. (Golygydd), Harper, S. (Golygydd) & Cheung Salisbury, M. (Golygydd), 2019, Early English Church Music (EECM). (Early English Church Music; Cyfrol 60)
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr

2017

• CyhoeddwydShaping an “Indigenous” Liturgy: the Case for Medieval Wales
  Harper, S., Hyd 2017, Music, Liturgy, and the Veneration of Saints of the Medieval Irish Church in a European Context. Buckley, A. (gol.). Brepols, t. 253-265 13 t.
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2016

• CyhoeddwydClothing the Space: Making and Using the Artefacts and Vestments
  Harper, S., 15 Ion 2016, Late Medieval Liturgies Enacted: The Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church. Harper, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Williamson, M. (gol.). Routledge
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
• CyhoeddwydHow Did They Do Liturgy? Preparing Late Medieval Text for Modern Enactment
  Harper, S. E. & Harper, J., 15 Ion 2016, Late Medieval Liturgies Enacted: The Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church. Harper, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Williamson, M. (gol.). 2016 gol. Routledge
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• CyhoeddwydLate Medieval Liturgies Enacted: The Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church
  Harper, S. E. (Golygydd), Williamson, M. (Golygydd) & Barnwell, P. (Golygydd), 15 Ion 2016, 1st gol. London: Routledge. 392 t.
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2013

• CyhoeddwydGwalch Cywyddau Gwŷr’: Essays on Guto’r Glyn and Fifteenth-Century Wales
  Harper, S. E., Evans, D. F. (Golygydd), Lewis, B. (Golygydd) & Owen, A. P. (Golygydd), 17 Rhag 2013, Gwalch Cywyddau Gwyr: Ysgrifau Ar Guto'r Glyn a Chymru'r Bymthegfed Ganrif / Essays on Guto'r Glyn and Fifteenth-century Wales. 2013 gol. University of Wales,Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, t. 177-202
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2010

• CyhoeddwydTraces of Lost Late Medieval Offices? The Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae of John of Thnemouth (fl. 1350).
  Harper, S. E., Hornby, E. (Golygydd) & Maw, D. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2010, Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell: Sources, Style, Performance, Historiography.. 2010 gol. Boydell Press, t. 1-21
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2009

• CyhoeddwydThe partnership of string and tongue in medieval Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 16 Mai 2009.
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2008

• CyhoeddwydBorder Crossings: Welsh-English Musical Interchange c.1450-1600.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Awst 2008.
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• CyhoeddwydBorder Crossings: Welsh-English Musical Interchange c.1450-1600.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Gorff 2008.
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• CyhoeddwydCanu'r 'Songes of the Doeinges of Their Auncestors': Agweddau Ar Draddodiadau Cerddorol Cymru a Lloegr.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2008, Yn: Llên Cymru. 31, 1, t. 104-117
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• Cyhoeddwyd'Songes of the Doeinges of their Auncestors': Aspects of Welsh and English Musical Traditions.
  Harper, S. E., Kennedy, R. (Golygydd) & Meecham-Jones, S. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2008, Authority and Subjugation in Writing of Medieval Wales. 2008 gol. Palgrave Macmillan, t. 231-250
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2007

• CyhoeddwydDafydd ap Gwilym, poet and musician.
  Harper, S. E., 4 Ebr 2007
  Allbwn ymchwil: Ffurf annhestunol › Safe Gwe / Cyhoeddiad Gwe
• CyhoeddwydEthnic Music in Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Meh 2007.
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• Cyhoeddwyd"Fal y gallo’r bobl ganu y gyd ar unwaith”: Metre and Melody in Early Welsh Psalms and Carols.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2007.
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• CyhoeddwydMedieval Monastic Liturgy and Music: New Devotions for the Virgin Mary.
  Harper, S. E., 3 Meh 2007.
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• CyhoeddwydMusic in Welsh Culture before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2007, Ashgate.
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• Cyhoeddwyd"Musicke bye voice and instrument" : patrons and players in late medieval and early modern Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2007, Yn: Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 13, t. 58-73
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• CyhoeddwydThe Sound World of Dafydd ap Gwilym.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2007.
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• CyhoeddwydTraditional Welsh Harp Music.
  Harper, S. E., 4 Meh 2007.
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2006

• Cyhoeddwyd"And all in accordance with Sarum Use”: Revisiting the Medieval Liturgical Pattern of St Davids.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2006.
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• CyhoeddwydBearers of Song/Cynheiliaid Y Gan
  Harper, S. E. (Golygydd) & Thomas, W. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2006, 2006 gol. University of Wales Press.
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• CyhoeddwydMusic in the Commonplace Book of Philip Powell of Brecon
  Harper, S. E., Harper, S. E. (Golygydd) & Thomas, W. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2006, Bearers of Song/Cynheiliaid Y Gan. 2006 gol. University of Wales Press, t. 0
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
• Cyhoeddwyd“Musicke bye Voice and Instrument”: Patrons and Players in Late Medieval and Early Modern Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2006.
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• CyhoeddwydShaping an “indigenous” liturgy: the case for medieval Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2006.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydThe spread of Sarum Use: the case of Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2006.
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• CyhoeddwydWriting down the rules of Welsh music: a sixteenth-century syllabus for bardic apprentices.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2006.
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2005

• Cyhoeddwyd'A Dittie to the tune of Welsh Sydannen': a Welsh image of Queen Elizabeth.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ebr 2005, Yn: Renaissance Studies. 19, 2, t. 201-228
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• CyhoeddwydAn Elizabethan Tune List from Lleweni Hall, North Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2005, Yn: Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle. 38, t. 1-66
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• CyhoeddwydMedieval Church Music in Wales, with reference to the reconstruction of the parish church of Llandeilo Tal-y-Bont, c.1510-30
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2005.
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• CyhoeddwydNew light on the Content and Provenance of The Penpont Antiphoner (NLW 20541 E).
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2005.
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2004

• CyhoeddwydDatblygiad cerdd dant yng Nghymru yn yr Oesoedd Canol [The development of Cerdd Dant in Wales in the Middle Ages]
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2004, Yn: Cof Cenedl. 19, t. 1-35
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• CyhoeddwydInstrumental Music in Medieval Wales.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2004, Yn: North American Journal of Welsh Studies. 4, 1, t. 20-42
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• CyhoeddwydMusic for Elizabethan Stage Stars: Tarlton, Alleyn, and a Tune List from the 1590s.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2004.
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• CyhoeddwydPopish Plots to kill the Queen: an Eighteenth-century Revival of the Elizabethan Ballad of Sidanen
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2004, Yn: National Library of Wales Journal. 33, t. 0
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2003

• CyhoeddwydDatblygiad Cerdd Dant yng Nghymru yn yr Oesoedd Canol.
  Harper, S. E., 10 Mai 2003.
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• CyhoeddwydMusic in the Welsh Household c. 1580-1620
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2003, Yn: Welsh History Review. 21, t. 621-45
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• CyhoeddwydRe-evaluating the Roots of Welsh Music.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2003.
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• CyhoeddwydTunes for a Welsh Psalter: Edmwnd Prys's Llyfr y Salmau.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2003, Yn: Studia Celtica. 37, t. 221-267
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• CyhoeddwydTunes for a Welsh Psalter: the Salmau Cân of Edmwnd Prys.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2003.
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2002

• CyhoeddwydA Musical Christmas at Lleweni Hall, Denbighshire, in the Elizabethan Era
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2002, Yn: New Welsh Review. xiv/4, no. 56, t. 45-52
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• CyhoeddwydMusical Entertainment at Lleweni, Denbighshire, c. 1600.
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2002.
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2001

• CyhoeddwydIssues in dating the chronology of Cerdd Dant
  Harper, S. E., 1 Ion 2001, Yn: Studia Celtica. 35, t. 325-40
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• CyhoeddwydSo how many Irishmen went to Glyn Achlach? Early accounts of the formation of derdd-dant (Welsh string music)
  Harper, S. E., 1 Rhag 2001, Yn: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. 42, t. 1-25
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1999

• CyhoeddwydAspects of the Palaeography and History of the Robert ap Huw Manuscript
  Rees, S. & Harper, S., 30 Meh 1999, Yn: Welsh Music History. 3, t. 54-67 14 t.
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