Harp SKU: HL.50607022 Revised Edition. Composed by Bernard Andres....(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.50607022
Revised Edition.
Composed by Bernard
Andres. Hamelle. Blues,
Classical. Softcover. 8
pages. Hamelle & Cie
#ALHA9724. Published by
Hamelle & Cie
(HL.50607022).
UPC:
196288284048.
Compo
sed for Pedal Harps,
Sweet Blues is a piece of
4 minutes by Bernard
Andrès. This melodious
yet quite nostalgic work
uses natural harmonies,
pinched sounds, arpeggios
and numerous pedal
changes. Quite difficult,
it would bebetter for
advanced players. Three
parts can be
differentiated: Lento,
Piú lento and Piú
lento. The first part
starts with a tune in
natural harmonies only by
the right hand, followed
by the same tune in
pinched notes. The
piececontinues with soft
ordinary sounds. Pinched
sounds and natural
harmonies re-appear in
the last part, before the
quiet finale. Bernard
Andres (born in 1941) is
a world-known French
Harpist and composer.
Recognised for his workon
both lever and pedal
Harps and for chamber
music pieces, some of his
most famous pieces are
'Elegy to a dead
Shepherd' and
'Anamorphoses'.
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.
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: HL.48181018 Composed by Marcel Tournier. Leduc. Classical. Soft...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48181018
Composed
by Marcel Tournier.
Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. 22 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL20003.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48181018).
UPC: 888680907761.
9x12
inches.
Theme
and Variations by
Marcel Tournier is a
piece for advanced harp
players. Starting with a
main theme of arpeggiated
chords, the piece then
follows with a number of
variations, including
chords, arpeggios,
glissandos, and numerous
nuances and speed
variations. The piece
starts in Allegro
moderato, then evolving
to Allegretto, Allegretto
Scherzando, sometimes
more energetic or
quieter. This piece is
great to master speed,
flexibility and agility
as well as the different
types of nuances. Marcel
Tournier (1879-1951) was
a French harpist and
teacher. He studied with
Alphonse Hasselmans at
the Paris Conservatoire
and composed numerous
pieces for solo harp:
Russian Lullabies,
Six Christmas,
Four Preludes and
Three Images, Suite 1,
Op. 29, among many
others.
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-284 Composed by Pellegrino Santucci. Edited by Giuseppe M...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.HS-284
Composed by
Pellegrino Santucci.
Edited by Giuseppe
Monari. Saddle stitching.
Classical. Ut Orpheus #HS
284. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.HS-284).
ISBN 9790215326460. 9
x 12
inches.
Melodia
for Solo Harp/ Alleluja
Modo II - Wachet auf for
Harp and
Organ
This
publication gathers
together in these three
pieces the only
compositions by Santucci
devoted to the harp, both
as a solo instrument and
in dialogue with the
organ, his favourite
instrument. The little
Melodia per arpa,
a simple piece having an
apparently didactic
purpose, does not show
the date of composition
but, judging by the
handwriting of the
manuscript, it probably
dates back to the period
between 1980 and 1990. No
other information has
reached us as to why the
piece was
composed. The two
pieces Alleluja Modo
II and Wachet
auf, both dated 20
March 1993, composed for
the unusual duo of harp
and organ, are dedicated
to Anna Maria Restani,
first harp in the
orchestra of the Teatro
Comunale of Bologna from
1965 to 2002, and to her
son Wladimir Matesic,
organist and now teacher
at the Conservatoire in
Trieste. Gregorian chant
is the protagonist of the
first piece, evoking a
Gothic and rarefied
atmosphere. The second is
instead a blatant tribute
to Johann Sebastian Bach
(right from the first
bars the reference to
Prelude no. 1 of the
Well-Tempered
Clavier is clear),
through one of his most
famous chorales
(Wachet auf, ruft uns
die stimme), also
used by Santucci for
numerous other
compositions, including
Il corteo dei Magi
[for trumpet, organ,
orchestra and choir,
1986, ms.], still
performed in the
Christmas concerts in
Bologna. (Giuseppe
Monari).
Harp; Early Music SKU: UT.MAG-293 Composed by John Stanley. Arranged by S...(+)
Harp; Early Music
SKU:
UT.MAG-293
Composed
by John Stanley. Arranged
by Simona Marchesi.
Magadis. Classical.
Score. Ut Orpheus #MAG
293. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-293).
ISBN 9790215328341. 9
x 12 inches.
John
Stanleyâ??s 30
Voluntaries (translatable
as preludes), published
in three collections as
opp. 5, 6 and 7, are
among the best known
organ works of the 18th
century. These free-style
compositions were
received with great
appreciation by his
contemporaries; the first
volume, published in
1748, immediately
achieved canonical status
and encouraged other
composers to write
similar collections. The
pieces, of easy to medium
difficulty, are for
manuals (alternatively,
they can also be played
on the harpsichord) and
comprise two movements,
slow and fast, many of
which are characterized
by a certain rhythmic
energy and richness of
color, expressed through
the use of solo registers
such as cornet and
trumpet, with multiple
echo effects, here
adapted and transformed
into piano, forte, and
playing near the sound
board effect, limiting,
or rather modifying,
their results.
Harp SKU: HL.48187068 Composed by Bernard Andres. Hamelle. Softcover. 8 p...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48187068
Composed
by Bernard Andres.
Hamelle. Softcover. 8
pages. Hamelle & Cie
#HA09724. Published by
Hamelle & Cie
(HL.48187068).
UPC:
888680884109.
9.0x12.0x0.059
inches.
“Composed
for Pedal Harps, Sweet
Blues is a piece of 4
minutes by Bernard
Andrès. This melodious
yet quite nostalgic work
uses natural harmonies,
pinched sounds, arpeggios
and numerous pedal
changes. Quite difficult,
it would be better for
advanced players. Three
parts can be
differentiated: Lento,
Piú lento and Piú
lento. The first part
starts with a tune in
natural harmonies only by
the right hand, followed
by the same tune in
pinched notes. The piece
continues with soft
ordinary sounds. Pinched
sounds and natural
harmonies re-appear in
the last part, before the
quiet finale. Bernard
Andres (born in 1941) is
a world-known French
Harpist and composer.
Recognised for his work
on both lever and pedal
Harps and for chamber
music pieces, some of his
most famous pieces are
'Elegy to a dead
Shepherd' and
'Anamorphoses'.”.
Chamber Music harp SKU: PR.UE021672 An Irish Tale. Composed by Pau...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.UE021672
An Irish Tale.
Composed by Paul Coles.
Score. With Standard
notation. 12 pages.
Universal Edition
#UE021672. Published by
Universal Edition
(PR.UE021672).
ISBN
9783702474645. UPC:
803452071754.
The
Celtic god Dagda is said
to have had a harp,
through which he could
affect changes, whether
calling men to battle or
playing the music of
sleep. Coles reflects on
Dagda's Harp in three
short pieces, evoking the
music of dreaming, of
sorrow, and of joy. For
advanced guitarists.
Three Pieces Quatuor de Clarinettes: 4 clarinettes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Alea Publishing
Composed by Elisbeth Jacquet de la Guerre. For 3 clarinets, bass clarinet. Score...(+)
Composed by Elisbeth
Jacquet de la Guerre. For
3 clarinets, bass
clarinet. Score and
parts. 9 pages (score); 2
pages (each part).
Published by Alea
Publishing
(26 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments). By Doris...(+)
(26 Trios That Can Be
Played by Any Combination
of String Instruments).
By Doris Gazda. Arranged
by Doris Gazda. For
Viola. Book. 48 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer
(26 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments). By Doris...(+)
(26 Trios That Can Be
Played by Any Combination
of String Instruments).
By Doris Gazda. Arranged
by Doris Gazda. For
Violin. Book. 48 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer
(26 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments). By Doris...(+)
(26 Trios That Can Be
Played by Any Combination
of String Instruments).
By Doris Gazda. Arranged
by Doris Gazda. For
Cello. Book. 48 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer
(26 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments). By Doris...(+)
(26 Trios That Can Be
Played by Any Combination
of String Instruments).
By Doris Gazda. Arranged
by Doris Gazda. For
String Bass. Book. 48
pages. Published by Carl
Fischer
Orchestra violin, piano SKU: CF.B3470 Composed by Julia Perry. Set of Sco...(+)
Orchestra violin, piano
SKU: CF.B3470
Composed by Julia Perry.
Set of Score and Parts.
26+13 pages. Duration 17
minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #B3470. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.B3470).
ISBN
9781491159460. UPC:
680160918058.
The
awardee of two Guggenheim
fellowships, Julia Perry
studied composition with
Luigi Dallapiccola and
Nadia Boulanger, and
conducted her works on a
tour throughout Europe
with the Vienna
Philharmonic and the BBC
Orchestra. She would
become one of the first
African-American female
composers to have an
orchestral work performed
by the New York
Philharmonic. Although
she had an auspicious and
promising career in her
early life, it was
tragically cut short by a
series of strokes leading
to partial paralysis and
eventually, her death, at
age 55 in
1979.Perry’s
catalog is widely varied,
featuring thirteen
symphonies, numerous
chamber and solo works,
pieces for band, choral
and vocal music, and four
operas. Her Violin
Concerto, completed in
1968, shows the influence
of Dallapiccola’s
teachings: sharp harmonic
dissonances organized
around specific pitch
centers, short repetitive
patterns that establish
significant musical
materials, and
contrapuntal textures.
Her fastidious
performance markings in
the solo violin part
indicate her profound
understanding of the
instrument. Angular,
muscled, and sparkling by
turns, this piece is a
sophisticated entry to
the serious violinist's
concert repertoire.There
is no evidence or
documentation that the
Violin Concerto was ever
premiered or performed
during her lifetime,
despite the fact that the
composer prepared a full
score, piano reduction
and orchestral parts.
Regrettably, this is the
case with the majority of
her works composed in the
final decade of her
life. What is
extraordinary about Julia
Perry’s musical
career was the
astonishing success she
attained in her early
years. In her youth she
studied piano, voice,
violin and cello. She
began to compose in her
teenage years, her first
publication being a
choral work in 1947 by
Carl Fischer. Her Stabat
Mater was published in
1951 and would become one
of her most often
performed pieces, with
performances in Europe
and the United States. In
1953 she was awarded a
Guggenheim fellowship to
study with the Italian
composer Luigi
Dallapiccola, first at
the Berkshire Music
Center in Tanglewood,
later in Florence, Italy.
During this time, she
also pursued studies with
Nadia Boulanger in Paris
and was awarded a second
Guggenheim fellowship.
She studied conducting at
this time, touring Europe
in 1957 to conduct her
own works with the Vienna
Philharmonic and the BBC
Orchestra. During her
European sojourns, she
learned and mastered
French, German and
Italian. She would become
one of the first
African-American female
composers to have an
orchestral work performed
by the New York
Philharmonic.Perryâ€
s circumstances would
change dramatically once
she reached forty years
of age, having returned
permanently to the United
States. At some point in
the spring of 1970, she
suffered the first of two
strokes that would
paralyze her right side
and confine her to a
wheelchair for the rest
of her life. Nonetheless,
she continued to compose
and to promote her works
with publishers and
conductors. A second
stroke contributed to her
death in 1979 at age 55.
She likely endured harsh
ethnic and gender
discrimination in the
course of her career, and
her later years would
witness a period of
extreme civil unrest.
These matters and the
significance of music in
her life are undoubtedly
what led her to say,
“Music has a great
role to play in
establishing the
brotherhood of
man.â€Perry’s
catalog is widely varied,
featuring thirteen
symphonies, numerous
chamber and solo works,
pieces for band, choral
and vocal music, and four
operas. Her Violin
Concerto, completed in
1968, is indicative of
the influence of
Dallapiccola’s
teachings: sharp harmonic
dissonances organized
around specific pitch
centers, short repetitive
patterns that establish
significant musical
materials, and
contrapuntal textures.
The work is a single
movement of 392 measures
organized around three
alternating tempos: Slow
(Å’ = 60), Moderate
(Å’ = 84) and Fast
(Å’ = 120). The
opening thirty-measure
cadenza for the solo
violin introduces most of
the thematic material for
the piece. The
orchestration commonly
features antiphonal
writing between
orchestral groups, for
example, strings
alternating with brass,
or strings alternating
with winds. The harp and
piano generally appear as
solo instruments, rather
than as members of the
orchestra. Her fastidious
performance markings in
the solo violin part
indicate her profound
understanding of the
instrument.There is no
evidence or documentation
that the Violin Concerto
was ever premiered or
performed during her
lifetime, despite the
fact that the composer
prepared a full score,
piano reduction and
orchestral parts.
Regrettably, this is the
case with the majority of
her works composed in the
final decade of her
life.
Composed by Paolo Ugoletti Andrea Vezzoli. Edited by Piero Bonaguri and Raffae...(+)
Composed by Paolo
Ugoletti
Andrea Vezzoli. Edited by
Piero Bonaguri and
Raffaello
Ravasio. Saddle
stitching.
Piero Bonaguri
Collection.
Classical. Ut Orpheus #CH
254.
Published by Ut Orpheus
Piano SKU: HL.14001903 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Clas...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.14001903
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #KP00981. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14001903).
ISBN
9788759859605.
Danish.
Animals In
Concert - Three pieces
for Piano solo by Per
Norgard. Programme Note
1. A Tortoise's
Tango (1984) - dur.: 4'
2. Light of a Night
- Paul meets bird (1989)
- dur.: 6' 3.
Hermit Crab Tango -
Esperanza (1997) - dur.:
5' The pieces can
be performed together or
one by one. In the1980s,
quite a few finds turned
up in Per Norgard's
music. The material could
be, say, a number of song
birds' equilibrist
melodic lines, the
overtones of the ocean
surf, or waltzing themes
by the schizophrenic
artist Adolf Wolfli
(1864-1930). Or again, as
heard here, it can be the
rhythms and motifs of the
tango and a Beatles song
(with bird), explored in
three independent piano
pieces that form the
Animals in Concert suite,
about which the composer
writes: A
Tortoise's Tango: The
tortoise as tango dancer
must presumably possess
certain rhythmic
peculiarities, which I
have chosen to express by
letting the tune of the
tortoise shuffle broadly,
tripartite through the
strict four partite time
of tango. Tortoise
Tango was the original
title of this piece,
written for Achilles (the
pianist Yvar Mikhashoff),
for his so called tango
project, including new
tangos for piano by
composers from all over
the world. Light of
a Night (Paul meets bird)
was commissioned by
pianist Aki Takahashi. It
is a reworked arrangement
for piano of the Beatles
song Blackbird. As some
of us will recall, the
Beatles on The White
Album let the beautiful
song to the blackbird be
accompanied by an
(apparently) live
blackbird song. It is
this authentic bird-motif
world that in Light of a
Night weaves itself into
the Beatles melody and in
turn is gradually
infected by it, so that a
completely new third
entity ensues: a kind of
Bird-rock ballad (or
maybe it is a
Beatle-bird?).
Hermit Crab Tango
(Esperanza): The tango
situation is quite
special for a Hermit
Crab. It is a well-known
fact that the hermit crab
- this soft animal - must
run the gauntlet among
the many perils at the
bottom of the sea when it
must move hose. I have
chosen to express the
angers by a tango pattern
- sharp as a cactus -
through which the tune,
optimistic, slips to its
new shelter. I have
borrowed the tune from
songwriter Hanne
Methling's Introduction:
'I want to get through
this time!' she sings in
a ecstatically ascending
melody line - and I
believe that these words
must correspond very well
to the mood of the hermit
crab: 'Esperanza'- the
green runners of hope
wind among the
latticework formed by the
tango rows.
Miscellaneous Chamber SKU: ST.C489 Composed by R.N.C Bochsa. Chamber musi...(+)
Miscellaneous Chamber
SKU: ST.C489
Composed by R.N.C Bochsa.
Chamber music. Clifton
Edition #C489. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C489).
ISBN
9790570814893.
This Nocturne can be
performed by Oboe, or B
flat Clarinet or Violin,
with either harp or
piano. Three separate
solo parts are included
in the
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by Bochsa are all
dedicated ‘To his
friend Charles
Garnier’ and were
published in Paris. They
are short dramatic pieces
for harp and oboe,
exploiting operatic
themes and styles,
offering each instrument
at least one elaborate
variation. The title page
of the earlier
publication suggests
flute, clarinet or violin
as possible alternatives
to the oboe, but then
fails to mention the
flute on the headings of
the instrumental parts.
The other two Nocturnes
show that the flute is to
play the violin version,
if no oboe is available,
while the clarinet plays
the oboe version. With
this new edition of
Nocturne Op. 50 No. 3,
set by C.M.M. and F.H.
Nex, there are separate
parts for Oboe, Clarinet
in Bb and Violin, and the
Harp part can
alternatively be played
on the Piano. Some
mystery surrounds the
numbering of the
collection of Nocturnes
Op. 50, whose original
title page states ‘Two
Nocturnes’ in every
case, followed by the
numbers 1, 2 and
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dited by Rachel
Malloch Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.:
PP121.
Harpsichord SKU: BT.ALHE32440 Composed by Jean-Henri D'Anglebert. Le Pupi...(+)
Harpsichord
SKU:
BT.ALHE32440
Composed
by Jean-Henri
D'Anglebert. Le Pupitre -
Heugel. Book Only. 108
pages. Heugel & Cie
#ALHE32440. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE32440).
English.
Jean-He
nri d'Anglebert
(1629-1691) was one of
the foremost composers of
Keyboard music of his
day. Therefore, the
collection of his works,
Pieces for Harpsichord is
essential to all players
of early Baroque Keyboard
music. D'Anglebert's
Pieces for Harpsichord
represents some of the
finest achievements of
the French Harpsichord
school and shows the
composer's mastery of
counterpoint as well as
his ability to experiment
with texture to
achieveorchestral
sonority. Moreover,
d'Anglebert's collection
contains a table of
ornaments which formed
the basis of those of J.
S. Bach and other
significant composers.
The first volume of
Pieces for Harpsichord
comprises fourHarpsichord
Suites composed by
d'Anglebert, each of
which consist of the
usual dance movements
together with
transcriptions from
Lully's operas.
Furthermore, the three
unmeasured preludes
included in Suites one,
two and three aretruly
remarkable examples of
their kind. With a
descriptive preface in
French, English and
German, volume one of
d'Anglebert's Pieces for
Harpsichord is a sublime
addition to the
repertoire of early
Baroque Keyboard
music.
Organ SKU: BT.ALHE32387 Composed by Claude Benigne Balbastre. Le Pupitre ...(+)
Organ
SKU:
BT.ALHE32387
Composed
by Claude Benigne
Balbastre. Le Pupitre -
Heugel. Classical. Score
Only. Heugel & Cie
#ALHE32387. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE32387).
English.
Pièces De
Clavecin D'Orgue Et De
Forte Piano - LP.
52 by C.B
Ballastreis a
selection of twenty-three
pieces chosen by Alan
Curtis that can be
played by a
Harpsichordist,
anOrganist or a Pianist
with upper-intermediate
to advanced skills but
seem better suited for a
Pianist.
The
twenty-three pieces are:
- Fugue - La
de Caze - La
d’Héricourt
- LaSégur
- La Monmartel ou
La Brunoy - La
Boullongne - La
Castelmore - La
Courteille - La
Bellaud - La
Lamarck - La
Berville - La
Lugeac - La Suzanne
-LaGenty - La
Malesherbe - La
Berryer ou La Lamoignon
- La Laporte
- La Morisseau -
Prélude -
Fugue - Sonate en
Quatuor, IV: Allegro /
Andante Pastoralle /
Allegro -
Lad’Esclignac
- Marche des Marseillois
et l’Air Ça
ira
C. B.
Balbastre
(1724-1799) is one of the
most famous musicians of
his era. He was a great
composer who could play
theHarpsichord, the Piano
and the Organ.