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.
Harp SKU: HL.14043600 Harp. Composed by Simon Holt. Music Sales Am...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.14043600
Harp. Composed by
Simon Holt. Music Sales
America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
12 pages. Chester Music
#CH82940. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14043600).
9.0x12.0x0.058
inches.
Simon Holt
's the man in the wind
and the west moon was
composed for Solo Harp in
2013, having been
commissioned by The Tanza
Trust. The piece takes
its title from a line in
a Dylan Thomas poem named
'And death shall have no
dominion'. The four
sections of the work see
shifting harmonies
throughout, with the
first section repeating
but also changing ever so
subtly. The unique thing
about the piece is that
each section is
dynamically different,
but is left open to
interpretation by the
player. The man in
the wind and the west
moon was
first performed on the
2nd of June 2014 at
Milton Court Concert Hall
in London by Alex Rider.
The piece lasts around
7minutes, and the bottom
C and D strings should be
tuned to C# and D#
respectively.
Harp SKU: HF.FH-1063 Band 3: Einfuhrung in das Orchesterspiel (Orchest...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HF.FH-1063
Band 3:
Einfuhrung in das
Orchesterspiel
(Orchesterstudien).
Composed by Hans-Joachim
Zingel. Sheet music.
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag #FH 1063.
Published by Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
(HF.FH-1063).
ISBN
9790203410638. 8.3 x 11.7
inches.
Notenbeispi
ele 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).
Fantasia on the Rondo from the Piano Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Am...(+)
Fantasia on the Rondo
from
the Piano Sonata in A
major
K. 331 by Wolfgang
Amadeus
Mozart, arranged for harp
by
Ekaterina Afanasieva
(2015).
Composed by Fazil Say.
Arranged by Ekaterina
Afanasieva. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Der Finalsatz der
Sonate A-Dur KV 331 von
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
das
Rondo Alla Turca, ist
eines
der bekanntesten
Klavierstucke uberhaupt.
An
diese Popularitat knupft
das
als effektvolle Zugabe
entstandene Stuck von
Faz?l
Say in der Bearbeitung
fur
Harf. Classical. Single
sheet. Composed 1993. Op.
5b.
8 pages. Duration
4'. Schott
Music #ED22797. Published
by
Schott Music
Harp SKU: HF.FH-7040 Richard Wagner. Edited by Gerlach. Arranged b...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HF.FH-7040
Richard
Wagner. Edited by
Gerlach. Arranged by
Gerlach. Sheet music.
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag #FH 7040.
Published by Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
(HF.FH-7040).
ISBN
9790203470403. 8.3 x 11.7
inches.
1. Tristan
und Isolde; 2. Die
Meistersinger von
Nurnberg.
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: HF.FH-7039 Richard Wagner. Edited by Gerlach. Arranged b...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HF.FH-7039
Richard
Wagner. Edited by
Gerlach. Arranged by
Gerlach. Sheet music.
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag #FH 7039.
Published by Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
(HF.FH-7039).