This book includes 4 famous classical music arranged for 8 String Harp. Each piece has two arrangements.

Version 1: For one hand (Right hand or Left hand) without fingerings, teacher can give some performance suggestions for the students, it is suitable for the harp beginner or young harpist.

Version 2: For both hand with fingerings. It is suitable for the progressing harpist.

Contents:

1. Minuet I (from ?Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach?) [Johann Sebastian Bach]

2. Minuet II (from ?Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach?) [Johann Sebastian Bach]

3. Spring (from The Four Seasons) [Antonio Vivaldi]

4. Ode to Joy (from The Symphony No.9) [Ludwig van Beethoven]

This beautiful tune is a traditional Welsh lullaby. This arrangement begins in the higher octaves with a music box-like quality, then becomes richer and fuller in the second and third verses. It is a calm and tender piece that falls easily under the fingers.This piece is playable on both pedal and lever harps and has no pedal or lever changes. Two versions of this piece are included: one in the key of Eb and one in the key of D. (Each version is 3 pages.)

Item Number: S0.940053

On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring.
On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring.
News of great joy, news of great mirth,
News of our merciful King's birth!

This joyous Christmas song was first published by Luke Wadding, an Irish bishop, in a 17th century collection called Small Garland of Godly and Pious Songs. It became known as ?Sussex Carol? in the early 20th century upon being collected by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who heard it being sung by a folk singer in Sussex, England. He later included it in his choral settings, Eight Traditional English Carols and Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

This pedal harp arrangement is in the key of G flat (with a short section in D flat mixolydian for variety, from measures 56 to 65). There are no pedal changes.

The right hand has the melody most of the time, with the left hand accompanying; but the left hand gets to take center stage from measures 33 through 47; again from measures 86 through 89; and again at the end, from measures 100 through 106.

I?ve also made a lever harp arrangement of this song, which is similar except that it?s in the key of G. If you ever wanted to play this arrangement in G instead of G flat, you could do so just by setting the pedals to the key of G at the beginning (and ignoring the key signature).

Perfect for all Christmas events: from church services, to concerts, to parties.

For more harp arrangements by Stephanie Bennett, subscribe to HarpworldMusicCo on YouTube, and visit www.harpworld.com/sheetmusic.html.

I hope you enjoy sharing this cheerful song with your listeners, during many happy holidays! ? Stephanie Bennett

On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring.
On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring.
News of great joy, news of great mirth,
News of our merciful King's birth!

This joyous Christmas song was first published by Luke Wadding, an Irish bishop, in a 17th century collection called Small Garland of Godly and Pious Songs. It became known as ?Sussex Carol? in the early 20th century upon being collected by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who heard it being sung by a folk singer in Sussex, England. He later included it in his choral settings, Eight Traditional English Carols and Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

This lever harp arrangement is in the key of G (with a short section in D mixolydian for variety, from measures 56 to 65). There are no lever changes. It is suited for harps with at least 34 strings.

The right hand has the melody most of the time, with the left hand accompanying; but the left hand gets to take center stage from measures 33 through 47; again from measures 86 through 89; and again at the end, from measures 100 through 106.

This arrangement is great for all Christmas events, from church services to concerts to parties.
The YouTube video shows the pedal harp arrangement, which is exactly the same as the lever harp arrangement except that it is in the key of G flat instead of G; and it has ONE extra very low note at the very end.

For more harp arrangements by Stephanie Bennett, please subscribe to HarpworldMusicCo on Youtube, and visit www.harpworld.com/sheetmusic.html.
I hope you enjoy sharing this cheerful song with your listeners, during many happy holidays! - Stephanie Bennett

I arranged this for double-strung lap harp but it can be played on most single-strung harps as well. You'll receive this popular song by Sting in 2 keys: E-flat Major and D Major. I did not include the bridge which goes into a different key. So there are no lever changes in either key arrangement!

A sweet harp solo, reminiscent of Meg?s ?Sailing on Strings? with its relaxed attitude. This piece has an airy, light and moving feel to it, kind of like watching shooting stars! Though there is a fair amount of syncopation throughout in both hands, requiring a good bit of coordination, technically not a difficult piece. Key of F, no accidentals, lowest note is F one and one half octaves below middle C.