Acoustic instruments - Intermediate SKU: MB.94887 Arrangements of Lull...(+)
Acoustic instruments -
Intermediate
SKU:
MB.94887
Arrangements of
Lullabies and Airs for
Celtic Harp. Composed
by Kim Robertson. Harp:
Folk and Pedal,
Saddle-stitched, Style,
Celtic / Irish, Solos.
Gourd Music. Lullaby.
Book. 56 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #94887.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.94887).
ISBN
9780786609017. UPC:
796279028271. 8.75 x
11.75 inches. By Kim
Robertson.
This collection of
melodies for
quiet times draws
mostly on the
rich repertoire of the
Celtic folk tradition.
The song Tender
Shepherd is not included
in this book.
Harp SKU: FG.55011-912-3 Composed by Tauno Marttinen. Classical, contempo...(+)
Harp
SKU:
FG.55011-912-3
Composed by Tauno
Marttinen. Classical,
contemporary. Score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-912-3. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-912-3).
ISBN
9790550119123.
Luon
nonjumala (God of Nature)
is Tauno Marttinen’s
adaption for harp of his
piano suite Taara op. 34.
The manuscript for harp
was found in January 2024
by Rauno Marttinen,
composer’s
son.
Duration: c.
15’ Movements: 1.
Virran ääniä | The
Voices of the
Stream 2.
Luonnonjumalan lähde |
The Spring of God of
Nature 3. Metsässä
tuulee |The Wind Blows
through the
Forest
Tauno
Marttinen (1912–2008)
studied in Viipuri and
later in Helsinki at the
Helsinki Conservatoire.
His piano teachers were
Ilmari Hannikainen and
Selim Palmgren, but he
soon became increasingly
interested in composing.
Marttinen was also the
conductor of the
Hämeenlinna City
Orchestra in 1949−1958
and the founder and
principal of the
Hämeenlinna Music
Institute.
Marttin
en started his composing
career in late Romantic
vein. However, his first
concerts in the 1940s met
with criticism since the
winds of Modernism had
already landed in
Finland. He then became
interested in Dodecaphony
and studied under
Vladimir Vogel in Ascona
but later abandoned
strict dodecaphony and
found his own, personal
style incorporating
elements from
Neo-classicism and
free-tonality with a hint
of mysticism – he was
called the Shaman of
Hämeenlinna (his
hometown).
Tauno
Marttinen was an
incredibly productive
composer; he wrote around
four hundred works with
opus numbers as well as a
wealth of other pieces.
His oeuvre includes 10
symphonies, concertos for
various solo instruments,
operas as well as vocal,
chamber and instrumental
works. Many of
Marttinen’s pieces have
become popular standard
repertoire, such as the
piano piece Kimalluksia
(Gleams).
Harp SKU: HL.234540 Harp Solo. Composed by John Luther Adams. Musi...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.234540
Harp
Solo. Composed by
John Luther Adams. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
14 pages. Chester Music
#CH86295. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.234540).
9.0x12.0x0.09 inches.
English.
'This set
of miniatures is based on
traditional dance songs
of the Yupik Eskimo
people of Western Alaska.
In their original forms,
these melodies would be
sung in unison. The
first, third and fifth
songs would be
accompanied by frame
drums. The second and
fourth are game songs,
for jumping rope and
juggling pebbles. Aside
from the obvious
difference in
instrumentation, my
settings of these songs
differ from the Yup'ik
originals in other
respects. I have extended
and varied the melodies,
and added
countermelodies, ostinato
figurations,
introductions, interludes
and codas. The first four
melodies are drawn from
the collection Yup'ik
Eskimo songs, compiled by
Thomas F. Johnston, and
Tupou L. Pulu, and
published by the
University Of Alaska. The
fifth was 'loaned' to me
by Yup'ik singer and
dancer Chuna McIntyre,
who learned it in his
village of Eek, Alaska.
The poems preceding each
piece are rough
translations of the words
to the songs. These
verses are often cryptic
and enigmatic. Their
obscurity is increased
because some of the words
or their meanings have
been lost, over time.' -
John Luther Adams.