Harp (Harp) - difficult

SKU: HL.49019232

For Harpe solo. Composed by Thierry Pecou. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Solo. Softcover. Composed 2011. 16 pages. Duration 8'. Schott Music #ED21269. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019232).

ISBN 9790001179911. UPC: 884088907624. 9.0x12.0x0.075 inches.

Although the composer Thierry Pecou mostly does without experimental playing techniques, an exemplary modern harp sound emerges from among soft whispering sounds and massive chord clusters. Tone colours associatively modelled on the sparkling green of jade crystallize.Pecou composed 'Harpe de jade' for the international harp competition of the Cite des Arts in Paris. The work is dedicated to the internationally renowned harpist Isabelle Moretti. 'Harpe de jade' is the first work of the young French composer published by Schott Music.

Harp

SKU: UT.MAG-276

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Anna Pasetti. Saddle stitching. Magadis. Classical. Ut Orpheus #MAG 276. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.MAG-276).

ISBN 9790215326880. 9 x 12 inches.

Johannes Snoer is not one of the most remembered harpists today, but his didactic work was really important and can still be useful today.
For didactic purposes, he also published collections of simple pieces by great composers transcribed for harp.
Among his transcriptions there is the Adagio from Sonata n. 5 in C minor, op. 10 no. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven, subject of this edition. The original musical text has been left unchanged, only the ornamentation has been written in full and the harp fingerings and indications relating to the movement of the pedals have been added. The work brings the dedication to Mr. H. Rutters, probably a relative of his wife Antoinette.

[The Wet Garden for Harp]. Composed by Jacques de la Presle. Leduc. Classical. Softcover. 7 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL20001. Published by Alphonse Leduc

Harp

SKU: HL.14007563

Harp Solo. Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 6 pages. Music Sales #KP01320. Published by Music Sales (HL.14007563).

ISBN 9788759867587. UPC: 888680753047. 10.5x14.0x0.033 inches.

Consolation - Like A Roselike Flower (Consolazione - Flos Ut Rosa) for Harp solo by Per Norgard (2002). Written for and dedicated to Tine Rehling. Programme note by the composer: The concept of Mary has a depth that transcends all religious persuasions. All over the earth symbols of the gentle and maternal are known. But the word 'Maria' is also associated - in sound - with the Latin word for the sea, mare, and she thus become the Star of the Sea, Maris Stella.  In my 3rd Symphony the Maria motif is used in a hymn section in the second, and last, part of the work. The choral song “Flos ut rosa floruit” was composed directly in the context of the symphony, and themelody had a 'stamina' that carried it over into many later vocal and choral compositions, for instance the “Concerto for Harp No. 2 - through thorns” (2003) and the present Consolazione for harp solo , both works dedicated to Tine Rehling. .

Harp

SKU: HL.50606509

Two Pieces for Harp. Composed by Gergely Vajda. EMB. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. 12 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #Z15211. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50606509).

ISBN 9781705190722. UPC: 196288126850.

The two harp pieces by Gergely VAJDA (*1973) approach the instrument as a machine, moreover, as a machine that can produce several sounds and noises and create a specific polyphony from them. The two movements, composed in 2020 and 2022, are dedicated to the Ars Nova Ensemble and Collegium21, respectively. Contents: 1. Idle Time 2. Minute Machinery.

Harp

SKU: HL.50605490

Two Pieces for Harp. Composed by Gergely Vajda. EMB. Classical. Softcover. Editio Musica Budapest #V15211. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50605490).

ISBN 9781705190548. UPC: 196288126577.

Come un meccanismo di precisione (like a precision machine) - as Gyorgy Ligeti wrote above one of his works. The two harp pieces by Gergely Vajda (*1973) also approach the instrument as a machine, moreover, as a machine that can produce several sounds and noises and create a specific polyphony from them. The two movements, composed in 2020 and 2022, are dedicated to the Ars Nova Ensemble and Collegium21, respectively. Contents: 1. Idle Time 2. Minute Machinery.

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

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.

For Harp. Composed by Marcel Tournier (1879-1951). Leduc. Classical. Softcover. 18 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL20059. Published by Alphonse Leduc

Harp

SKU: FG.55011-885-0

Composed by Lotta Wennäkoski. Classical, contemporary. Part. Fennica Gehrman #55011-885-0. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-885-0).

Whizzing, growling and rattling – you can produce all kinds of sounds with the harp, not just the fairy-tale shimmer and glissandos that you first think of. Lotta Wennäkoski composed Sigla for harp and orchestra (2021-2022) in close collaboration with the harpist Sivan Magen, to whom the concerto is dedicated. The title of the concerto, Sigla, has different meanings in different languages. In Italian, it means a jingle; in Icelandic, it means sailing; and in Tagalog, spoken in the Philippines, it means vivaciousness or enthusiasm. Wennäkoski has not specifically referenced these in the movements of the concerto as such, but she does allow that the various meanings of the word may be identified with the music according to the listener’s perception.

The recording of the work (Ondine ODE1420-2) was premiered with the Gramophone award as the the best release in the contemporary category in October 2023.

This product is the solo part.

The orchestral material is available for hire from the publisher.

Duratio n: 19'
Instrumentation:Harp solo – equipped with paint brush, tuning key and a plastic hair clip
2 Flutes (2nd doubling piccolo)
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons
2 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C – trumpets and trombone doubling an egg slicer
Bass trombone attached to a piece of wood or a flat cardboard box
Percussion (2 players)
Percussion I: crotales, vibraphone, 5 gongs (a#, bn, c’, e’, f’), bass drum, cymbal, guiro, bell tree, shell chimes, whip, lion’s roar and different beaters including a bow, superball stck and wire brushes
Percussion II: tam-tam, cymbal, snare drum, 2 cowbells, 2 temple blocks (med/lg), triangle (small/med), vibraslap and different beaters including a bow, wire brushes and superball stick
Piano – equipped with a plectrum, wire brushes and 2 soft percussion beaters
Strings.

Unaccompanied Harp

SKU: HL.14043342

Harp Solo. Composed by Per Nø, rd, and rgå. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 2014. 2 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH32130. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14043342).

ISBN 9788759831403. 16.5x11.75 inches.

Per Norgard's Songline For Tine. Dedicated to Tine Rehling 2014.

Harp (Harp)

SKU: HL.48181026

Composed by R. Nicholas-Charles Bochsa. Leduc. Classical. Softcover. Alphonse Leduc #AL20022. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48181026).

UPC: 888680878597.

This book, the first volume of Famous Studies for the Harp - Fifty Studies, Op. 34 by Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, was dedicated to J.B. Cramer. Edited and arranged according to Hasselmans's methods by R. Martenot, it features the studies 1 to 25 for intermediate harp players and above. This volume is followed by a second book including the studies 26 to 50. Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856) was a musician and composer able to play the flute, the piano and the harp. He became the harpist of the Imperial Orchestra but had to move to London where he was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Music.

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.