Rosamond Harding

Rosamond Evelyn Mary Harding (6 April 1898 – 6 May 1982) was an English music scholar, writer, organologist and instrument collector. Her book The Piano-forte: its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851 became the standard work on the subject.

Life Madingley Hall, Harding's home from 1927 until 1948, viewed from the gardens. Harding Popova writes that:One particularly interesting notion Harding puts forth is that of “fringe-ideas” – ideas on the periphery of the thinker’s particular inquiry, but resonant in tone and thus able to enhance and flow into the creative process. She called Harding's book "an invaluable lens on the nooks and crannies of the creative process."

On her death, The Times wrote of Harding that "her substantial and pioneering contribution to the detailed study of the rise of the pianoforte... remains her monument".