Composed by Monika Mandelartz. For Folk Harp and Pedal Harp. Saddle-stitched. Intermediate-Advanced. Book. 28 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Composed by Star Edwards. Saddle-stitched. First Lessons. Book and Online Audio. 36 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

(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. 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.

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).

Composed by Darlene Walton. Folk and Pedal, Method, Solos. Book and Digital Video. 28 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

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.

Composed by Monika Mandelartz. For harp. Saddle-stitched. Intermediate-Advanced. Book. 24 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

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.

By Dusik Jan Ladislav. Czech title: Sest sonatin pro harfu. Published by Praha (Czech import).

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).

ISBN 9790215320154. 9 x 12 inches.

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, 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, 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. Editions Durand. Classical. Book only. Editions Durand #RR0134300. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50562506).

6.75x10.5 inches.

(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 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.

For Harp. By Marcel Grandjany. For Harp Solo. Solo part. 12 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.

Harp

SKU: HL.48187089

Leduc. CD. 22 pages. Hamelle and Cie #HA09754. Published by Hamelle and Cie (HL.48187089).

UPC: 888680884260. 9.0x12.0x0.131 inches.

Ganagobie (13') suite pour Harpee. Par Andres aux éditions Leduc. Partition / Livre de chansons pour Harpe.

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.

For Folk Harp. Instructional. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

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

Composed by Star Edwards. Saddle-stitched. Christmas. Book. 24 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Arranged for Harp Spiral Bound. Arranged by Sylvia Woods. Harp. Pop, Oldies. Softcover. 122 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Selected from Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin. By Johann Sebastian Bach. For Harp Solo. Bach-Grandjany. Classical. Soft Cover. 63 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.