Composed by Monika Mandelartz. For Folk Harp and Pedal Harp. Saddle-stitched. ...(+)
Composed by Monika
Mandelartz. For Folk Harp
and
Pedal Harp.
Saddle-stitched.
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book.
28 pages. Published by
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(with Selected Arrangements for the Folk Harp). By Mary Umbarger. For Harp (Folk...(+)
(with Selected
Arrangements for the Folk
Harp). By Mary Umbarger.
For Harp (Folk/Celtic).
Solos. Acoustic Music.
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book. 88 pages. Published
by Mel Bay Publications,
Inc
Chamber Music harp SKU: PR.110406720 Composed by Samuel Adler. Classical....(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.110406720
Composed by Samuel Adler.
Classical. Softcover.
With Standard notation.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#110-40672. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.110406720).
UPC:
680160001316.
I
have always been fond of
writing works for
specific people or
organizations. It has
been my good fortune
during most of my
creative career to be
asked to compose for many
extraordinary performers.
The Sonata for
Harpsichord Solo is such
a case in point: it was
written in 1982 for
Barbara Harbach, a superb
performer, close friend,
and collaborator on many
musical projects. The
Sonata was premiered on
March 2, 1984, in a
recital given by Dr.
Harbach at Nazareth
College in Rochester, New
York. During my formative
years as a composer, one
seldom heard of the
harpsichord as a modern
instrument, though while
I attended undergraduate
school at Boston
University, some of us
banded together to
construct a small
harpsichord from one of
the first do-it-yourself
kits which began to
appear in the late '40s.
It was also during this
time that I heard the
Sonatina for Violin and
Harpsichord by my teacher
Walter Piston and
consequently specified
that the accompanying
instrument for my second
violin sonata could
either be a piano or a
harpsichord. It was not
until recently, however,
that my interest in the
harpsichord as a solo
instrument for new music
was aroused. This was
because of the emergence
of so many young
virtuosi, such as Barbara
Harbach, who are
interested in the
performance of new music
besides the great
harpsichord music of the
Classical, Baroque, and
pre-Baroque eras. The
keyboard music of
Domenico Scarlatti has
always intrigued and
fascinated me. The
brevity, excitement, and
clarity of this sparkling
music is charming as well
as exhilarating. It is
this type of Baroque
sonata that inspired the
conception and form of my
harpsichord sonata. The
entire work is loosely
based on the musical
translation of Barabara
Harbach's name,
especially the conflict
of the B (B-flat) and H
(B-natural in German
notation). This secondo
rub or dissonance
especially pervades the
first movement, which is
in a modified sonata
form, pitting jagged and
tense melodic elements
against most lyrical and
smooth lines. This second
movement is a song-like
melody accompanied by
rolled chords which may
be played on the lute
stop of the instrument if
this sonata is performed
on a two-manual
harpsichord. The final
movement is an
ever-driving joyous
toccata which brings the
work to an exciting close
with a coda made up of
accelerating repeated
chords. --Samuel
Adler.
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€â
„¢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: LM.27774 Composed by Benoit Wery. Classical. Score. Editions He...(+)
Harp
SKU: LM.27774
Composed by Benoit Wery.
Classical. Score.
Editions Henry Lemoine
#27774. Published by
Editions Henry Lemoine
(LM.27774).
ISBN
9790230977746.
Sous
le tilleul - Faon vient
de naitre - Jeux de
papillons - La chanson de
Papi Hibou - La Danse du
cygne - A la lisiere - La
Ballade du petit labrador
- Hymne a l'imperatrice
Marmotte - A la rencontre
de l'ecureuil - Soleil
couchant.
Twenty-Three Classic, Traditional, and Ethnic Wedding Arrangements. Compo...(+)
Twenty-Three Classic,
Traditional, and Ethnic
Wedding Arrangements.
Composed by Beth A. Kolle
and Laurie Riley.
Squareback saddle stitch.
Book and online audio.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.98748M).
Harp SKU: UT.HS-199 Composed by Elias Parish Alvars. Edited by Floraleda ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.HS-199
Composed by
Elias Parish Alvars.
Edited by Floraleda
Sacchi. Saddle stitching.
Classical. 28 pages. Ut
Orpheus #HS 199.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.HS-199).
Harp (Harp) SKU: HL.50511754 Solo. Composed by Laszlo Tihanyi. Con...(+)
Harp (Harp)
SKU:
HL.50511754
Solo. Composed by
Laszlo Tihanyi.
Contemporary Music. EMB.
Contemporary Hungarian
Works. Book Only. Editio
Musica Budapest #Z14358.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(HL.50511754).
ISBN
9790080143582. B/4 quer
inches. Hungarian,
English. Laszlo
Tihanyi.
Greek
mythology seems
spontaneously to have
offered the figure of
linos as the central
character in a work for
solo harp. (Linos was a
poet, believed to be the
brother of Orpheus, and
according to Greek
tradition no greater
musician ever appeared
among mankind.) The
musical material,
conforming to the
characteristics of the
harp, consits of two
interesting seven-degree
note rows incorporating
all the possible pedal
combinations, their
mirror inversions and the
five-degree noterows that
fit between them. The
nine-section composition
is made up of scenes from
the imagined life of
Linos, an imagined
'Linos's hymn', and
laments played in his
honour.
Early to Intermediate Solos for Harps with and Without Pedals. By Anonymous, Fra...(+)
Early to Intermediate
Solos for Harps with and
Without Pedals. By
Anonymous, Franz Xaver
Gruber, Adolphe-Charles
Adam. Arranged by William
B. Costello. For Harp.
Classical. Level: Early
to Intermediate. Solo
part. 24 pages. Published
by Carl Fischer.
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.50562506 Harp Solo. Composed by Jean-Louis Petit. E...(+)
(Harp)
SKU:
HL.50562506
Harp
Solo. Composed by
Jean-Louis Petit.
Editions Durand.
Classical. Book only.
Editions Durand
#RR0134300. Published by
Editions Durand
(HL.50562506).
(Suites I - II). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Anne Ricquebour...(+)
(Suites I - II). By
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Edited by
Anne Ricquebourg.
Arranged by Sabine
Chefson. For Harp. This
edition: Original for
Cello. Collection Anne
Ricquebourg.
Intermediate. BWV
1007-1008
Harp SKU: M7.DUX-959 Music For Harp. Edited by Evelyn Huber. Sheet...(+)
Harp
SKU:
M7.DUX-959
Music
For Harp. Edited by
Evelyn Huber. Sheet
music. 36 pages. Edition
Dux Verlag #DUX 959.
Published by Edition Dux
Verlag (M7.DUX-959).
ISBN
9783868493047.
Die
Harfe??sie kann so viel
mehr, als manche ihr
zutrauen! Mal ruhig,
sanft, ein anderes Mal
rhythmisch fordernd,
manchmal frech und dann
wieder meditativ.
»Five Pieces For Pedal
Harp« ist eine
Sammlung mit
Eigenkompositionen,
Jazzstandards und
Arrangements wunderbarer
Traditionals -
Improvisationen mit
eingeschlossen. Music for
Harp: die Reihe für
World Music, Jazz & more.
Level:
medium/advanced.
Harp SKU: HL.48181035 For Harp Solo. Composed by Marcel Grandjany....(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48181035
For
Harp Solo. Composed
by Marcel Grandjany.
Leduc. Contemporary,
Educational. Softcover. 8
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL20039. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48181035).
UPC:
888680787653. 9x12
inches.
French born
harpist and composer,
Marcel Grandjany
(1891-1975) studied at
the Paris Conservatoire
before spending much of
his working life in
America. His Trois
petites Pièces
were composed in
Grandjany's early career
and are simple and
enjoyable works, suitable
for beginner harpists.
Grandjany was a teacher
of harp at the Julliard
School for 37 years
whilst also composing and
transcribing many works
for the instrument. Made
up of three movements,
Trois petites
Pièces begins with
a delicate Rêverie
(daydream). The second
piece, a Nocturne,
contains variations in
tempo, time signature and
dynamics. The Barcarolle
third movement is the
most challenging of the
three pieces, in 6/8 time
signature and
sixteenth-note
flourishes. All these
combined aspects of
Trois petites
Pièces by
Grandjany make for a
thrilling performance for
beginner harpists.
Composed by Laurie Riley and Beth Kolle. For Folk Harp and Pedal Harp. Squarebac...(+)
Composed by Laurie Riley
and Beth Kolle. For Folk
Harp and Pedal Harp.
Squareback saddle stitch.
You Can Teach Yourself.
Beginning. Book and
online audio. Published
by Mel Bay Publications,
Inc
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.