SKU: CF.H84
ISBN 9781491165539. UPC: 680160924530.
Marcel Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. Over his long career, he added a significant catalogue of very beautiful works to the harp repertoire. Many of his solo works, almost one hundred, have been consistently in print since they were first published. But in recent years harpist Carl Swanson has discovered a treasure trove of pieces by Tournier heretofore unknown and unpublished. These include the Déchiffrages in this edition, as well as songs set for voice, harp, and string quartet, and ensemble arrangements of some of his most beloved works.All of the works that Carl Swanson found were in manuscript only. With the help of the great harpist Catherine Michel, he has put these pieces into playable form, and they are being published for the very first time. He and Catherine often had to re-notate passages to show clearly how they could be played, adding fingerings and musical nuances, tempos, pedals, and pedal diagrams.Tournier wrote these pieces when he was in his 20s, and before he became the impressionistic composer those familiar with his work know so well. They are written in the late nineteenth-century romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. They are beautiful short, intermediate level pieces by a first rate composer, and add much needed repertoire to that level of playing.Marcel Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. He graduated from the Paris Conservatory with a first prize in harp in 1899. He also studied composition there and won a second prize in the prestigious Prix de Rome competition, as well as a first prize in the Rossini competition, another major composition competition of the day. From 1912 to 1948 he taught the harp class at the Paris Conservatory. But composition, and almost entirely, composition for the harp, was the main focus of his life. His published works, including many works for solo harp, a few for harp and other instruments, and several songs, number around one hundred pieces.In 2019, while researching Tournier for my edition MARCEL TOURNIER: 10 Pieces for Solo Harp, I discovered that there was a significant list of pieces by this composer that had never been published and were not included on any inventory of his music. Principal on this list were his déchiffrages (pronounced day-she-frahge, like the second syllable in the word garage).The word déchiffrage means sight-reading exercise, and that was their original purpose. Tournier numbered and dated these pieces, with dates ranging from 1900 to 1910, indicating that they were in all likelihood written for Alphonse Hasselmans’ class at the Paris Conservatory. Tournier was probably told how long to make each one, and how difficult. They range in length from two to four pages, with only one in the whole series extending to five, and from thirty to fifty-five measures, with only one extending to eight-five. The level of difficulty for the whole series is intermediate, with some at the easier end, and others at the middle or upper end.We don’t know if they were intended to test students trying to enter the harp class, or if they were used to test students in the class as they played their exams. The fact that they were never published means that students had to not only sight read them, but sight read them in manuscript form!I worked from digital images of the original manuscripts, which are in the private music library of a harpist in France. She had twenty-seven of these pieces, and this edition is the second in a series of three that will publish, for the first time, all of the ones that I have found thus far. The manuscripts themselves consist of little more than notes on the page: no pedals written in, no fingerings, few if any musical nuances and tempo markings, and no clear indication as to which hand plays which notes. These would have been difficult to sight read indeed! My collaborator Catherine Michel and I added musical nuances, fingerings, pedals and pedal diagrams, and tempo indications to put them into their current condition.At the time these were written, Tournier would have been in his twenties, having just graduated from the harp class himself (1899), and might still have been in the composition class. These are the earliest known pieces that he wrote, and they were written at the very beginning of a cultural revolution and upheaval in Paris that was to completely and profoundly alter musical composition. Tournier himself would eventually be caught up in this new way of composing. But not yet.All of the déchiffrages are written in the late romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. Each one is built on a clear musical idea, and the variety over the whole series makes them wonderful to listen to as well as to learn. They are also great technical lessons for intermediate level players.The obvious question is: Why didn’t Tournier publish these pieces, and why didn’t he list them on his own inventory of his music? Actually, four of them were published, with small changes, as his collection Four Preludes, Op. 16. These came from the ones that will be in volume three of this series from Carl Fischer. His first large piece, Theme and Variations, was published in 1908, and his two best known and frequently played pieces, Féerie and Au Matin, followed in 1912 and 1913 respectively. We can only speculate because there is so much still unknown about Tournier and about these unpublished pieces. He may have looked at them, fresh out of school as he was, as simply a way to make some quick money. The first several pieces that he did publish are much longer than any of the déchiffrages. So it could be that, because of their shorter length, as well as the earlier musical style that he was moving away from, he chose not to publish any more of them. We may never know the full story. But all these years later, more than a century after they were composed, we can listen to them for their own merits, and not measured against whatever else was going on at the time. The numbers on these pieces are the ones that Tournier assigned to them, and the gaps between some of the numbers suggest that there are perhaps thirty or more of these pieces still to be found, if they still exist. They will, in all likelihood, be found, as these were, in private collections of harp music, not in institutional libraries. We can only hope that more of them will be located in years to come.—Carl SwansonGlossary of French Musical TermsTournier was very precise about how he wanted his pieces played, and carefully communicated this with many musical indications. He used standard Italian words, but also used French words and phrases, and occasionally mixed both together. It is extremely important to observe and understand everything that he put on the page.Here is a list of the French words and phrases found in the pieces in this edition, with their translation.bien chanté well sung, melodiousdécidé firm, resolutediminu peu à peu becoming softer little by littleen diminuant becoming softeren riten. slowing downen se perdant dying awayGaiement gayly, lightlygracieusement gracefully, elegantlyLéger light, quickLent slowmarquez le chant emphasize the melodyModéré at a moderate tempopeu à peu animé more lively, little by littleplus lent slowerRetenu held backsans lenteur without slownesssans retinir without slowing downsec drily, abruptlysoutenu sustained, heldtrès arpegé very arpeggiatedTrès Modéré Very moderate tempoTrès peu retenu slightly held backTrès soutenu very sustainedun peu retenu slightly held back.
SKU: HL.48023691
ISBN 9781784541613. UPC: 888680639419. 9x12 inches.
Optional tambourine part available as free download from Boosey.com.
SKU: SU.60000920
Solo harp Duration: 5'45 ' Composed: 1996 Published by: J.B. Elkus Music.
SKU: UT.MAG-245
ISBN 9790215320505. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: CF.O5022
ISBN 9780825890215. UPC: 798408090210. 9 X 12 inches.
SKU: HL.50484136
ISBN 9780634035074. UPC: 073999841367. 8.25x11.75x0.045 inches.
Contents: Oriental Dance * Toccata.
SKU: HL.48183772
UPC: 888680859626. 9.0x12.0x0.045 inches.
Perig Herbert: An Dorgenn (Harp solo).
SKU: HF.FH-1063
ISBN 9790203410638. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
Notenbeispiele aus: 1. Orfeo (Monteverdi); 2. Kantate (Zachow); 3. Julius Caesar (Handel); 4. Orpheus (Gluck); 5. Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (Beethoven); 6. Die weisse Dame (Boieldieu); 7. Der Nordstern (Meyerbeer); 8. Otello (Rossini); 9. Don Pasquale (Donizetti); 10. Norma (Bellini); 11. Wenn ich Konig war (Adam); 12. Fausts Verdammnis (Berlioz); 13. Symphonie phantastique (Berlioz); 14. Aufforderung zum Tanz (Berlioz); 15. Jota aragonesa (Glinka); 16. Athalia (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy); 17. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai); 18. Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann); 19. Des Sangers Fluch (Schumann); 20. Szenen aus Faus (Schumann); 21. Orpheus (Liszt); 22. Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth (Liszt); 23. Des Preludes (Liszt); 24. Dante-Symphonie (Liszt); 25. Mignon (Thomas); 26. Martha (Flotow); 27. Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Wagner); 28. Der fliegende Hollander (Wagner); 29. Tannhauser oder Der Sangerkrieg auf Wartburg (Wagner); 30. Lohengrin (Wagner); 31. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner); 32. Das Rheingold (Wagner); 33. Die Walkure (Wagner); 34. Siegfried (Wagner); 35. Gotterdammerung (Wagner); 36. Ein Maskenball (Verdi); 37. Stabat mater (Verdi); 38. Der Troubadour (Verdi); 39. Aida (Verdi); 40. Die Macht des Schicksals (Verdi); 41. Don Carlos (Verdi); 42. Margarethe (Gounod); 43. Ballettmusik (Gounod); 44. Hoffmanns Erzahlungen (Offenbach); 45. Symphonie Nr. I (Franck); 46. Namouna (Lalo); 47. Vysehrad (Smetana); 48. Symphonie Nr. VIII (Bruckner); 49. An der schonen blauen Donau (Strauss); 50. Fruhlingsstimmen-Walzer (Strauss); 51. Kaiserwalzer (Strauss); 52. Gesange fur Frauenchor (Brahms); 53. Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms); 54. Nanie (Brahms); 55. Furst Igor (Borodin); 56. Coppelia-Suite (Delibes); 57. L'Arlesienne-Suite I (Bizet); 58. Carmen (Bizet); 59. L'Arlesienne-Suite II (Bizet); 60. Die Perlenfischer (Bizet); 61. Schwanensee (Tschaikowski); 62. Nussknacker-Suite (Tschaikowski); 63. Dornroschen (Tschaikowski); 64. Manfred-Symphonie (Tschaikowski); 65. Eugen Onegin (Tschaikowski); 66. Espana (Chabrier); 67. Boris Godunow (Mussorgski / Rimski-Korssakow); 68. Sonnenwendnacht (Rimski-Korssakow); 69. Russische Ostern (Rimski-Korssakow); 70. Mlada (Rimski-Korssakow); 71. Scheherezade (Rimski-Korssakow); 72. Zar Saltan (Rimski-Korssakow).
SKU: HL.720360
ISBN 9780936661186. UPC: 073999451405. 8.5x10.8x0.113 inches.
This popular piece is in great demand and is now available for folk harp. This book includes several arrangements: an easy solo version, an advanced solo version in the keys of G and D, and a duet version for harp and melody instrument. Playable on lever harp or pedal harp. Arrangements in this folio include: â?¢ Easy harp solo in the key of D â?¢ Advanced harp solo in the key of D â?¢ â??Aâ? part for harp duet in the key of D â?¢ â??Bâ? part for harp duet or ensemble in the key of D â?¢ Melody instrument part for ensemble in the key of D â?¢ Easy harp solo in the key of G â?¢ Advanced harp solo in the key of G â?¢ â??Aâ? part for harp duet in the key of G â?¢ â??Bâ? part for harp duet or ensemble in the key of G â?¢ Melody instrument part for ensemble in the key of G.
SKU: HL.48186690
UPC: 888680788193. 9.0x12.0x0.045 inches.
La partition nommée Aquatintes pour harpe par Bernard Andrès (né en 1941).
SKU: UT.MAG-274
ISBN 9790215326859. 9 x 12 inches.
Rediscovering, studying and analyzing the musical art of Philipp Joseph Hinner means enhancing a piece of the eighteenth-century harp music mosaic. Hinner's work intrigues for its extraordinary simplicity, for its regularity and harmony; the ordered balance of the parts, symmetry and sense of proportion are essential elements for the author, and give character and unity to his work. The harp repertoire has long been overshadowed by the keyboard one, which boasts extensive solo and chamber literature, and consolidated for over two centuries. The rediscovery of the history of our instrument, however, is still recent and the research work in the field of harp music is still long.Hinner, with the apparent simplicity of his opus 10, can thus regain his role in the harp repertoire of the eighteenth century, as well as covering a considerable didactic value today. The part of the first harp undoubtedly presents characteristics of greater rhythmic and virtuosic complexity than that of the second, which consists of a continuous accompaniment interspersed with simple thematic imitated episodes. Furthermore in the composition are included arias such as O ma tendre Musette, a French popular melody of the 18th century (previously set to music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny), and <>, taken from the opera-comique L'erreur d'un moment ou la Suite de Julie by Nicolas Dezede, as well as themes from Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide, which had been all used also by Hinner's first harp master, Francesco Petrini (1744-1819).Hinner's opus 10, originally written in separate parts for two harps, or harp and fortepiano, is presented here updated and completed with its score, for a thorough perception of the work.
SKU: UT.HS-284
ISBN 9790215326460. 9 x 12 inches.
Melodia for Solo Harp/ Alleluja Modo II - Wachet auf for Harp and OrganThis publication gathers together in these three pieces the only compositions by Santucci devoted to the harp, both as a solo instrument and in dialogue with the organ, his favourite instrument.The little Melodia per arpa, a simple piece having an apparently didactic purpose, does not show the date of composition but, judging by the handwriting of the manuscript, it probably dates back to the period between 1980 and 1990. No other information has reached us as to why the piece was composed.The two pieces Alleluja Modo II and Wachet auf, both dated 20 March 1993, composed for the unusual duo of harp and organ, are dedicated to Anna Maria Restani, first harp in the orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna from 1965 to 2002, and to her son Wladimir Matesic, organist and now teacher at the Conservatoire in Trieste. Gregorian chant is the protagonist of the first piece, evoking a Gothic and rarefied atmosphere. The second is instead a blatant tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach (right from the first bars the reference to Prelude no. 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier is clear), through one of his most famous chorales (Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme), also used by Santucci for numerous other compositions, including Il corteo dei Magi [for trumpet, organ, orchestra and choir, 1986, ms.], still performed in the Christmas concerts in Bologna. (Giuseppe Monari).
SKU: UT.MAG-265
ISBN 9790215326422. 9 x 12 inches.
Posse’s compositions for harp are rich and varied, and range from the easy pieces dedicated to his students to the virtuoso concert pieces; we must also remember his didactic works, in particular the ‘Six Small Studies’ and the universally known ‘Eight Great Concert Studies’.It is not easy to draw a balance of his legacy in the harp world. On one hand his technical vision of virtuosity combined with a great stability of the hand and rigor of the fingerings certainly contributed to the development of the 20th Century harp technique; on the other hand, his use of the pedals, often driven by two together with the same foot (a very old French technique), has gradually become more and more difficult on modern harps. From the point of view of his contribution to the harp repertoire, the constant run-up to the piano has heavily influenced his compositional production, making him often completely miss the idiomatic effects of 19th Century harp music (except for the use of harmonic sounds), which were so loved by his friend Liszt in the compositions of Parish Alvars.
SKU: UT.MAG-266
ISBN 9790215326439. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: PR.UE021672
ISBN 9783702474645. UPC: 803452071754.
The Celtic god Dagda is said to have had a harp, through which he could affect changes, whether calling men to battle or playing the music of sleep. Coles reflects on Dagda's Harp in three short pieces, evoking the music of dreaming, of sorrow, and of joy. For advanced guitarists.
SKU: HL.49044459
UPC: 888680641481. 8.25x11.75x0.082 inches.
SKU: SU.29130160
Action Portrait of the Captain of the Ship of Souls, After Dante, Purgatory, Canto 2Harp Duration: 11'30 Composed: 1986/2018 Published by: Christopher Fulkerson.