This wonderful book contains a variety of songs and dances originally written in the the twelfth through to the sixteenth centuries which have been arranged for the harp. The majority of the pieces have been drawn from the medieval period and often existed in their original form as melody line only. All of the pieces in this book are playable on the folk harp. A few do have accidentals which require level changes. An excellent collection of pieces for the harpers of today to enjoy the music of another time.

Book 3-Edited by David Watkins Professor of Harp at the Guildhall School in London. Set for the Associated Board examinations Grade 7.CONTENTSARNE Thomas: Sonata No. 3 in G major; Sonata No. 3 in G minor; Sonata No. 7 in A majorPARRY John: Sonata in D major

This happy popular song by Adam Young of Owl City is great fun! It can be played by advanced beginners although the rhythm is quite challenging with lots of tied notes and 16th-note off-beats. It is in the key of G with2 easy lever changes that may be omitted. Fingerings and lyrics included. 5 pages. Playable on lever harps and pedal harps.

These Six Pieces by Jean-Philippe Rameau have been arranged for Celtic Harp or Harp with pedals by Ma té Etcheverry. Jean-Philippe Rameau?was one of the mostfamed and important French composers and musicologists of the Baroque period. His Treatise on Harmony won him great acclaim and his compositional career made him one of the leading musicians of his time. Towards the end of the18th century his music had seemingly gone out of fashion but now more and more performances of his work are being commissioned and these Six Pieces?are a great way to learn one of the under-appreciatedmasters of the art.

Variations Sur Un Thème Dans Le Style Ancien by Carlos Salzedo is the third and final work of a series called “Three pieces” for solo pedal Harp. Difficult to play it is rated 8° and requires good mastering of the instrument and of its technique including the pedals. Using the full range of the instrument this work features numerous trills glissandos and accidentals among other technicalities and is divided between really fast and more quiet parts. Really delightful this melodious piece is composed of a main theme and eleven variations:  Main Theme (Maestoso) is composed of chords I. A tempo Graziamente II. Tempo di Bourrée III. Scherzando IV. L’Istesso tempo V. Maestoso VI. Vigorosamente VII. Molto piú lento VIII. Vivo risoluto IX. Lento tempo di Barcaruola X. Como un preludio XI. Fuga Finishing on the main theme a Tempo this wonderful work is an amazing piece to include in a concert or a recital. Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961) was a French harpist and composer who wrote and transcribed numerous pieces for the Harp. He also wrote some pedagogical publications for harpists.

With the exception of two pieces the arrangements in this book of traditional tunes are adapted from the collections of Francis O'Neill Edward Bunting Donal O'Sullivan Manus O'Baoill and Sean Og O'Baoill. Performance notesare included. Standard notation.

Nunc Natus Est Altissimus is scored for three upper voices and piano (or harp) set to words by James Ryman. The words set in the first three movements of this work are reproduced from Medieval English Lyrics edited by R.T.Davies. Duration c. 20 minutes.

The Autoharp Owner's Manual covers autoharp maintenance conversions tuning and string schedules (both diatonic and chromatic) building your own instrument playing techniques evaluating instruments chord bar setups amplification history and much more. Each subject is addressed by a current premier musician/builder. The articles in this book have been taken from past issues of Autoharp Quarterly and have been updated to address currentinnovations problems and instruments. It is a 'must have' for every autoharp player.

Edited by David Watkins Professor of Harp at the Guildhall School in London.CONTENTSBLOW John: Mortlack's GroundCROFT William: Ground; SarabandePURCELL Henry: Air (Z.T 676); Ground (Z.D 222); Hornpipe (Z.T 683); Hornpipe (Z.T 685); Round O (Z.T 684); Suite No. 1 in G (Z. 660); Suite No. 8 in F (Z. 669)

Six Studies is a set of six studies for Pedal Harps by Eric Schmidt. Reviewed and edited by Pierre Jamet a French Professor at the Paris Conservatoire this set would be ideal for an upper intermediate level and above. Most studies are two pages long and enable the player to work on different technical aspects:  I. Allegro (3/4 tempo 120) II. Vivace (4/4 tempo 132) – It focuses finger flexibility with a set: 4-1-3-1-2-1-3-1-4 for the right hand III. Lento (3/4 tempo 48) – It focuses on arpeggios IV. Andante con moto (3/4 tempo 92) - It has thesame aim as the second study but includes chords to play on “1” V. Con Bravura (6/8) – This is a work on chords which has few pedal changes VI. Leggiero Volante (4/4) – Longer than the other studies it also focuses on developing fingers flexibility and features some glissando and some pedal changes

The Books of 1705-6 and 1724-This three volume edition is the first complete edition of the keyboard works of Jean-Philippe Rameau to incorporate all the printed collections of harpsichord music published under his supervision as well as his clavier arrangement of Les Indes Galantes (In book 3 - BA6583).It also includes many new insights into performance practice (e.g. the handling of repeat signs in the original prints) and presents the music entirely in modern clefs. The result is a reliable and unique edition for today’s performers that does full justice to recent findings in historical performance practice.For the first time all accidentals and expressionmarks are reproduced exactly as they appear in the sources. All of Rameau’s written comments a key source on performance practice are reproduced in the original French with translations into German and English.Rounding off the edition are instructive facsimiles and a detailed preface in which the editor the celebrated harpsichordist and conductor Siegbert Rampe discusses the sources editorial method and important aspects of performance.Complete scholarly-critical Urtext edition in modern clefsIncludes the latest findings in performance practiceIncludes Rameau’s written comments and explanations in the original and in translations in English and GermanIdeal format (24.3 x 31 cm)