Harp SKU: HL.48181021 For Harp. Composed by Michel Tournier. Leduc...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48181021
For
Harp. Composed by
Michel Tournier. Leduc.
Classical. CD only. 10
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL20007. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48181021).
UPC:
888680900571. 9x12
inches.
French
harpist, composer and
teacher, Marcel Tournier
(1879-1951) wrote
important solo repertoire
for the harp which
expanded the harmonic and
technical possibilities
of the instrument. His
Morning Concert
Study is no
exception. Composed in
1940, Morning Concert
Study remains
regularly performed and
recorded by harpists. The
piece is marked allegro
and is in compound meter.
Tonality and rhythm are
sublimely exploited and
there is much use of
extended technique.
Tournier's Morning
Concert Study is
suitable to all advanced
harpists seeking to
explore varied repertoire
on the instrument.
Harp SKU: UT.MAG-221 Composed by Martin-Pierre Dalvimare. Edited by Anna ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.MAG-221
Composed
by Martin-Pierre
Dalvimare. Edited by Anna
Pasetti. Saddle
stitching. Magadis.
Classical. Ut Orpheus
#MAG 221. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-221).
ISBN 9790215318625. 9
x 12
inches.
Martin-Pier
re Dalvimare, born in
1770, in Dreux
(Eure-et-Loir), from a
distinguished family,
learnt music as an
entertainment art, and
was obliged to make it a
resource for his
existence, after the
troubles of the
Revolution in 1789. He
had acquired a remarkable
talent for the harp; when
he arrived in Paris he
made a very good
impression. Then, man of
the world, knowledgeable
in many fields, which is
rare for a musician, he
was welcome everywhere,
and very soon came in
friendly terms with some
of the most renowned
artists and men of
letters of his times. The
marriage certificate of
the poet Legouve (15
pluviose of the year XI,
or February 1803, 12th
municipality of Paris),
shows that Dalvimare was
one of his best men and
that at the time he was
thirty-two years old. He
became harpist of the
Opera in the year VIII
(1800), and was
definitively confirmed in
the month of fructidor of
the year IX. At the time
of the institution of the
emperor Napoleon's
private music, M.
Dalvimare was appointed
as his harpist. In
September 1807 he
obtained the title of
harp master of the
empress Josephine. A
lucky change of his
fortune allowed this
artist to renounce to
practise his talent for
living, he resigned from
all of his positions on
March, 12th, 1812, and he
retired in Dreux, where
he still was living in
1837. For a peculiar
weakness, he does not
like to speak about his
artist career, which had
been entirely honourable,
and he would like to
forget his success too.
His first composition was
a symphonie concertant
for harp and horn, which
he composed with Frederic
Duvernoy, and published
in the year VII (1798);
notwithstanding, he
counted as his first opus
a collection of romances
with accompaniment of
piano or harp, which he
later published with
Pleyel.
In 1809
Dalvimare composed, for
the theatre Feydeau, a
one-act opera-comique
called The Marriage for
Imprudence. The music was
weak; the work did not
succeed, and people used
to say that the greatest
imprudence had been the
one of the authors who
had it performed.
Nevertheless, the score
of this opera was
published in Paris by
erard. (Francois-Joseph
Fetis).
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: UT.MAG-265 Composed by Wilhelm Posse. Edited by Anna Pasetti. S...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.MAG-265
Composed
by Wilhelm Posse. Edited
by Anna Pasetti. Saddle
stitching. Magadis.
Classical. Ut Orpheus
#MAG 265. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-265).
ISBN 9790215326422. 9
x 12
inches.
Posseâ€
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.
Harp SKU: UT.MAG-266 Composed by Wilhelm Posse. Edited by Anna Pasetti. S...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.MAG-266
Composed
by Wilhelm Posse. Edited
by Anna Pasetti. Saddle
stitching. Magadis.
Classical. Ut Orpheus
#MAG 266. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-266).
ISBN 9790215326439. 9
x 12
inches.
Posseâ€
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.
Books and Journals; Harp SKU: UT.LB-3 Composed by Mirella Vita. Paperback...(+)
Books and Journals; Harp
SKU: UT.LB-3
Composed by Mirella Vita.
Paperback (Soft Cover).
Classical. Books and
Journals. Ut Orpheus #LB
3. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.LB-3).
ISBN 9788881094462.
6.5 x 9.5
inches.
«Sono
stata un?arpista attiva
per mezzo secolo. Come
tutti i miei colleghi, ho
dovuto affrontare le
difficoltà create dalla
leggenda che l?arpa non
abbia né musica, né
storia.
Fortunatamente, nel
corso della mia carriera,
ho potuto constatare che
questa diceria è
infondata e ho cercato di
mettere in risalto almeno
una piccola parte
dell?immenso repertorio
antico e moderno di
questo strumento
considerato un Paria
della musica. Il
lavoro è stato piano e
diretto per i libri che
ho scritto sulla musica
d?arpa italiana e
svizzera, perché basato
su precisi titoli e
frontespizi; la ricerca
sarebbe stata ugualmente
scorrevole per i libri
che non scriverò sulla
musica d?arpa francese,
tedesca, austriaca,
britannica, boema,
spagnola, portoghese e
scandinava. Per la
musica olandese il
cammino è un po?
diverso: i pittori, i
trattatisti e gli storici
sono i testimoni e le
guide che aiutano a
ritrovare gli usi e i
costumi musicali nei
quali l?arpa aveva una
parte importante. Il
concertista in cerca di
pezzi potrà utilizzare
così questo libro: dopo
i trattati (capitolo II),
i dipinti (capitolo III),
la storia e la cronaca
(capitoli IV-VII), autori
e musiche (capitoli VIII
e IX), biblioteche ed
editori (capitoli X e
XI), arriverà all?indice
secondo le formazioni
strumentali (capitolo
XII). Potrà
cominciare dal cercare,
in quest?ultimo capitolo,
gli Autori adatti al suo
gruppo e al suo
programma; ritroverà i
relativi dettagli nei
capitoli VIII e IX;
otterrà i pezzi seguendo
le indicazioni dei
capitoli X, XI e XII; e
buona caccia, buono
studio, buone
prove! Nel cercare di
stabilire che cosa sia
olandese o non-olandese
nella musica antica è
stata seguita l?abitudine
corrente di considerare
patrimonio comune dei
Paesi Bassi l?arte e la
storia anteriori alla
separazione delle "Sette
Province" nel secolo XVI;
e specificamente olandese
tutto ciò che accadde in
quei coraggiosi territori
da allora in
poi.»
Harp SKU: BT.XYZ1307 Composed by Rosetty. Pop & Rock. Book with CD. 24 pa...(+)
Harp
SKU:
BT.XYZ1307
Composed
by Rosetty. Pop & Rock.
Book with CD. 24 pages.
XYZ #XYZ1307. Published
by XYZ (BT.XYZ1307).
ISBN 9789043144247.
International.
A
fantastic collection of
11 pieces written
especially for the Irish-
or Concertharp, by Dutch
harpist, Rosetty. Various
different styles and
genres are featured here
from Samba to Folk and
Reggae to Romantic
pieces. The harp part in
each case has been kept
relatively simple to
enable the student to
focus on the rhythms and
syncopation of each
style. An accompanying CD
contains both
demonstration tracks with
the full harp solo to
hear how each piece
should sound, and a
version with
accompaniment only for
performance and
practice.
Flute, Bassoon and Harp SKU: BT.ALHE31254 Composed by Andre Jolivet. Clas...(+)
Flute, Bassoon and Harp
SKU: BT.ALHE31254
Composed by Andre
Jolivet. Classical. Set
(Score & Parts). Heugel &
Cie #ALHE31254. Published
by Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE31254).
French.
Pastoreles De
Noël b
y André
Jolivet is a piece
for Flute, Bassoon and
the Harp lasting nearly
13 minutes. This piece is
really gentle and
restrained which
demonstrates the quality
ofJolivet’
s work but also reflects
that period of WWII when
France was under
occupation. These scores
are of medium level of
ability.
Pastore
les De
Noël f
eatures four
sections:L’é
toile (the Star), Les
Mages (the Wisemen), La
Vierge et l’Enfant
(the Virgin and the
Child) and Entrée
et Danse des Bergers (the
Shepherds’ dance).
Each of these parts
describes a part
oftheChristmas story,
starting with the Flute
and the Bassoon in a
duet, followed by the
entrance of the Harp to
settle the first part.
The second section is
quieter, expressing the
walk in the desert. The
Virgin and the Child
islike a lullaby and the
piece finishes on a
joyful dance to express
happiness and devotion.
André
Jolivet is a French
composer who was really
inspired by the
Antiquity, and had a
strong interest
foratonality. He also
wrote many chamber music
pieces, eleven concertos,
some orchestral and some
vocal music.
Chamber Music harp SKU: PR.114417670 For Harp. Composed by Carter ...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.114417670
For Harp. Composed
by Carter Pann. Sws.
Contemporary. Solo part.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2010. 8 pages.
Duration 4:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41767. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114417670).
ISBN
9781491107973. UPC:
680160636228. 9x12
inches.
The
inscription above Carter
Pann's Emerald's on
Artemis reads: A music
box for Emerald Weber
(born 18 June, 2010) on
Morgan Black's harp
Artemis. The title of
this 2010 composition is
a bit cryptic, but
Artemis is the given name
of harpist Morgan Black's
instrument. The music is
both out-and-out tender
and exuberant, clearly
celebrating the birth of
Emerald, the first
daughter of one of Pann's
dear childhood friends.
For advanced
harpists.________________
_______________________Te
xt on the scanned back
cover:Composer/pianist
Carter Pann (2016
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
in Music) has written for
and worked with musicians
around the world,
garnering performances by
ensembles such as the
London Symphony and City
of Birmingham Symphony,
the Tchaikovsky Symphony
in Moscow, many radio
symphonies around Europe,
the Seattle Symphony,
National Repertory
Orchestra, the youth
orchestras of New York
and Chicago, and
countless wind
ensembles.He has written
for Richard Stoltzman,
the Antares Ensemble, the
Capitol Saxophone
Quartet, the West Coast
Wind Quintet, the River
Oaks Chamber Ensemble,
and many concert
pianists. His String
Quartet No. 2
“Operas†was
commissioned by the
Takács Quartet. Pann
has been awarded a
Charles Ives Fellowship,
a Masterprize seat in
London, and many ASCAP
awards over the years.
His numerous CDs
encompass solo, vocal,
chamber, orchestral, and
wind music, and have
received two Grammy
nominations. He currently
teaches at the University
of Colorado in
Boulder.
Composed by Kim Andre Arnesen. Major Work, Concert, General. Harp part. Santa ...(+)
Composed by Kim Andre
Arnesen. Major Work,
Concert, General. Harp
part. Santa Barbara Music
Publishing #SBMP1349-1.
Published by Santa
Barbara Music Publishing
(SB.SBMP-1349.1).
Harp SKU: HL.48180090 [Variations On an Ancient Tune]. Composed by...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48180090
[Variations On an
Ancient Tune].
Composed by Carlos Leon
Salzedo. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover. 20
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL15280. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48180090).
UPC:
888680795412. 9x12
inches.
“Vari
ations on an Ancient
Tune” by Carlos
Salzedo is the third and
final work of a series
called Three
Pieces'for Solo Pedal
Harp. Difficult to
play, it 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.
Harp SKU: LM.23524 Composed by Jean-Michel Damase. Classical: 20th Centur...(+)
Harp
SKU: LM.23524
Composed by Jean-Michel
Damase. Classical: 20th
Century (Contemporary).
Score. Editions Henry
Lemoine #23524. Published
by Editions Henry Lemoine
(LM.23524).