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.

Harp

SKU: HL.228128

Harp Solo. Composed by Halsey Stevens. Peermusic Classical. Classical. 8 pages. Peermusic Classical #61128-557. Published by Peermusic Classical (HL.228128).

UPC: 680160425433. 9x12 inches.

Harp

SKU: UT.MAG-243

Composed by Cesare Galeotti. Edited by Anna Pasetti. Saddle stitching. Magadis. Classical. 20 pages. Ut Orpheus #MAG 243. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.MAG-243).

ISBN 9790215320482. 9 x 12 inches.

Mandatory piece at IV International Harp Competition Suoni d’Arpa 2014, Villa Medici Giulini, Briosco (MB).

SKU: HL.50560729

Harp. Composed by Alphonse Hasselmans. Editions Durand. Classical. 6 pages. Editions Durand #DF5526. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50560729).

6.75x10.5x0.064 inches.

By Marcia Dickstein. For Harp. Harp Solo. 43 pages. Standard. Beginner through Professional. Published by Fatrock Ink Music Publishers

Chamber Music harp

SKU: CF.H84

Composed by Marcel Tournier. Edited by Carl Swanson. Collection - Score. Carl Fischer Music #H84. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.H84).

ISBN 9781491165539. UPC: 680160924530.

Marce l Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. Over his long career, he added a significant catalogue of very beautiful works to the harp repertoire. Many of his solo works, almost one hundred, have been consistently in print since they were first published. But in recent years harpist Carl Swanson has discovered a treasure trove of pieces by Tournier heretofore unknown and unpublished. These include the Déchiffrages in this edition, as well as songs set for voice, harp, and string quartet, and ensemble arrangements of some of his most beloved works.All of the works that Carl Swanson found were in manuscript only. With the help of the great harpist Catherine Michel, he has put these pieces into playable form, and they are being published for the very first time. He and Catherine often had to re-notate passages to show clearly how they could be played, adding fingerings and musical nuances, tempos, pedals, and pedal diagrams.Tournier wrote these pieces when he was in his 20s, and before he became the impressionistic composer those familiar with his work know so well. They are written in the late nineteenth-century romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. They are beautiful short, intermediate level pieces by a first rate composer, and add much needed repertoire to that level of playing.
Marcel Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. He graduated from the Paris Conservatory with a first prize in harp in 1899. He also studied composition there and won a second prize in the prestigious Prix de Rome competition, as well as a first prize in the Rossini competition, another major composition competition of the day. From 1912 to 1948 he taught the harp class at the Paris Conservatory. But composition, and almost entirely, composition for the harp, was the main focus of his life. His published works, including many works for solo harp, a few for harp and other instruments, and several songs, number around one hundred pieces.In 2019, while researching Tournier for my edition MARCEL TOURNIER: 10 Pieces for Solo Harp, I discovered that there was a significant list of pieces by this composer that had never been published and were not included on any inventory of his music. Principal on this list were his déchiffrages (pronounced day-she-frahge, like the second syllable in the word garage).The word déchiffrage means sight-reading exercise, and that was their original purpose. Tournier numbered and dated these pieces, with dates ranging from 1900 to 1910, indicating that they were in all likelihood written for Alphonse Hasselmans’ class at the Paris Conservatory. Tournier was probably told how long to make each one, and how difficult. They range in length from two to four pages, with only one in the whole series extending to five, and from thirty to fifty-five measures, with only one extending to eight-five. The level of difficulty for the whole series is intermediate, with some at the easier end, and others at the middle or upper end.We don’t know if they were intended to test students trying to enter the harp class, or if they were used to test students in the class as they played their exams. The fact that they were never published means that students had to not only sight read them, but sight read them in manuscript form!I worked from digital images of the original manuscripts, which are in the private music library of a harpist in France. She had twenty-seven of these pieces, and this edition is the second in a series of three that will publish, for the first time, all of the ones that I have found thus far. The manuscripts themselves consist of little more than notes on the page: no pedals written in, no fingerings, few if any musical nuances and tempo markings, and no clear indication as to which hand plays which notes. These would have been difficult to sight read indeed! My collaborator Catherine Michel and I added musical nuances, fingerings, pedals and pedal diagrams, and tempo indications to put them into their current condition.At the time these were written, Tournier would have been in his twenties, having just graduated from the harp class himself (1899), and might still have been in the composition class. These are the earliest known pieces that he wrote, and they were written at the very beginning of a cultural revolution and upheaval in Paris that was to completely and profoundly alter musical composition. Tournier himself would eventually be caught up in this new way of composing. But not yet.All of the déchiffrages are written in the late romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. Each one is built on a clear musical idea, and the variety over the whole series makes them wonderful to listen to as well as to learn. They are also great technical lessons for intermediate level players.The obvious question is: Why didn’t Tournier publish these pieces, and why didn’t he list them on his own inventory of his music? Actually, four of them were published, with small changes, as his collection Four Preludes, Op. 16. These came from the ones that will be in volume three of this series from Carl Fischer. His first large piece, Theme and Variations, was published in 1908, and his two best known and frequently played pieces, Féerie and Au Matin, followed in 1912 and 1913 respectively. We can only speculate because there is so much still unknown about Tournier and about these unpublished pieces. He may have looked at them, fresh out of school as he was, as simply a way to make some quick money. The first several pieces that he did publish are much longer than any of the déchiffrages. So it could be that, because of their shorter length, as well as the earlier musical style that he was moving away from, he chose not to publish any more of them. We may never know the full story. But all these years later, more than a century after they were composed, we can listen to them for their own merits, and not measured against whatever else was going on at the time. The numbers on these pieces are the ones that Tournier assigned to them, and the gaps between some of the numbers suggest that there are perhaps thirty or more of these pieces still to be found, if they still exist. They will, in all likelihood, be found, as these were, in private collections of harp music, not in institutional libraries. We can only hope that more of them will be located in years to come.—Carl SwansonGlossary of French Musical TermsTournier was very precise about how he wanted his pieces played, and carefully communicated this with many musical indications. He used standard Italian words, but also used French words and phrases, and occasionally mixed both together. It is extremely important to observe and understand everything that he put on the page.Here is a list of the French words and phrases found in the pieces in this edition, with their translation.bien chanté well sung, melodiousdécidé firm, resolutediminu peu à peu becoming softer little by littleen diminuant becoming softeren riten. slowing downen se perdant dying awayGaiement gayly, lightlygracieusement gracefully, elegantlyLéger light, quickLent slowmarquez le chant emphasize the melodyModéré at a moderate tempopeu à peu animé more lively, little by littleplus lent slowerRetenu held backsans lenteur without slownesssans retinir without slowing downsec drily, abruptlysoutenu sustained, heldtrès arpegé very arpeggiatedTrès Modéré Very moderate tempoTrès peu retenu slightly held backTrès soutenu very sustainedun peu retenu slightly held back.

Harp - Beginner

SKU: LM.29643

Composed by Marc Le Gars. Score. Editions Henry Lemoine #29643. Published by Editions Henry Lemoine (LM.29643).

ISBN 9790230996433. 9 x 12 inches. Francais.

Instrumen tal Music.

Composed by Francesco Petrini. Edited by Emanuela Degli Esposti. Saddle stitching. Classical. Ut Orpheus #HS 243. Published by Ut Orpheus

Harp - Grade 2

SKU: RM.COSM05386

Harpe. Instrumental music. Editions Robert Martin #COSM05386. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.COSM05386).

ISBN 9790231053869.

Harp - Grade 3

SKU: RM.SL10744

Composed by Jean Courtioux. Harpe. Instrumental music. Duration 3 minutes, 30 seconds. Editions Robert Martin #SL10744. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.SL10744).

ISBN 9790231097443.

Pour La Harpe Celtique. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Odette Le Dentu. For harp. Duration 6:15. Published by Billaudot.

Pour La Harpe Celtique. By Francois Joseph Nadermann. Arranged by Odette Le Dentu. For harp. Published by Billaudot.

Composed by Marcel Tournier (1879-1951). Leduc. Classical. CD. 5 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL20062. Published by Alphonse Leduc

Harp

SKU: LM.28431

Composed by Benoit Wery. Classical. Score. Editions Henry Lemoine #28431. Published by Editions Henry Lemoine (LM.28431).

ISBN 9790230984317.

Prel ude a la nuit - Songe - A l'aube du mystere - Envol pour l'imaginaire.

Harp

SKU: NR.43796

Per arpa Borgatti Schirinzi, Andrea, ed. Composed by Bernard Rie. Edited by Andrea Borgatti Schirinzi. Plucked instrumental music. Score. Noten Roehr #43796. Published by Noten Roehr (NR.43796).

Harp

SKU: UM.85743

Composed by Edward Cowie. United Music Publishing #85743. Published by United Music Publishing (UM.85743).

ISBN 9790224407174.

Harp

SKU: BT.YKM570369430

Composed by Robert Saxton. Classical. Book Only. Composed 2020. 16 pages. University of York Music Press #YKM570369430. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.YKM570369430).

Harp

SKU: NR.43793

Per arpa Borgatti Schirinzi, Andrea, ed. Composed by Domenico Zipoli. Edited by Andrea Borgatti Schirinzi. Plucked instrumental music. Score. Noten Roehr #43793. Published by Noten Roehr (NR.43793).

Harp

SKU: NR.43792

Per arpa. Composed by Andrea Borgatti Schirinzi. Plucked instrumental music. Score. Noten Roehr #43792. Published by Noten Roehr (NR.43792).

Harp

SKU: BT.DV-21943

By Anna Castellari. Composed by Leonardo Leo. Book Only. Composed 2022. 40 pages. Da Vinci Publishing #DV 21943. Published by Da Vinci Publishing (BT.DV-21943).

English-Italian.

Harp

SKU: ST.H143

Composed by Stephen Dodgson. String music. Standard: Advanced. Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #H143. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H143).

ISBN 9790220205620.

Writ ten in 1952 at the invitation of Maria Korchinska and first performed by her at a Macnaughten Concert in London.

Harp

SKU: HL.431600

By Various. Arranged by Ann Lobotzke. Harp. Classics, Movies, Pop. Softcover. 112 pages. Duration 310 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.431600).

ISBN 9781705163382. UPC: 196288064633. 9.0x12.0x0.234 inches.

Meticulousl y curated, Beautiful songs for Harp features 28 timeless melodies, thoughtfully arranged for harpists of all levels. Suitable for both pedal and lever harps, this new collection is perfect for harpists looking to enhance their current repertoire. Songs include: And I Love Her • Bless the Broken Road • Bring Him Home • Can't Help Falling in Love • For All We Know • God Only Knows • Hallelujah • I Will Always Love You • If Ever I Would Leave You • Mia and Sebastian's Theme • Morning Has Broken • On the Street Where You Live • The Rainbow Connection • The Sound of Silence • You've Got a Friend • and more.

Harp - Grade 4

SKU: HL.14043604

Harp Solo. Composed by Bent Sø and rensen. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 2015. 10 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH32167. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14043604).

ISBN 9788759831823. 8.25x11.75 inches. English.

Dolorosame nte for Harp solo was composed by Bent Sorensen and premiered by Tine Rehling at 'The 12th World Harp Congress' in Sydney in July 2014.

Harp

SKU: HL.14040443

Harp. Composed by Georges Hugon. Music Sales America. Classical. Book Only. Editions Musicales Transatlantiques #ETR001097. Published by Editions Musicales Transatlantiques (HL.14040443).

French.

Harp

SKU: HL.50564434

Composed by Marcel Grandjany. Editions Durand. Score Only. Composed 2001. 12 pages. Editions Durand #DF11816. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50564434).

UPC: 888680615055. 8.25x11.5 inches.

Harp

SKU: HL.14021436

1 harp version. Composed by Palle Mikkelborg. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Music Sales #KP01451. Published by Music Sales (HL.14021436).

ISBN 9788759868003. Danish.

Clarinet in A and harp

SKU: HL.49044302

Composed by Stefan Heucke. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Ensemble. Softcover. Composed 2012. Op. 67. 40 pages. Duration 15'. Schott Music #KLB93. Published by Schott Music (HL.49044302).

ISBN 9790001197922. 9.0x12.0x0.136 inches.

Im Fruhjahr 2012 schrieb ich fur das Duo Imaginaire ein knapp viertelstundiges Werk fur die ganz ungewohnliche, aber umso reizvollere Duobesetzung von Klarinette und Harfe. Der romantisch-ironische Titel einer melancholischen Serenade gibt den semantischen Inhalt des Stuckes recht genau wieder. Musikalisch formal handelt es sich um ein grossformatiges rondoartiges Gebilde, in dem sich zahlreiche melodische und virtuose Episoden um ein schwebend-synkopisches Thema gruppieren, das sich zwar verandert, aber als roter Faden trotzdem deutlich wiederzuerkennen ist. Das Stuck besitzt einen tonalen Rahmen, der auf siebentonigen Skalen basiert, die die Gegebenheiten der Harfe als diatonisches Instrument nutzen, ohne ein einziges Mal als echte Dur- oder Mollskalen in Erscheinung zu treten. Der serenadenhafte Charakter des Stuckes wird unterstrichen durch die Charakterisierung der Klarinette als lineares Gesangsinstrument und die Harfe als akkordisch gefuhrtes Zupfinstrument. Selbstverstandlich verlassen beide Instrumente immer wieder den ihnen angestammten Bereich (die Harfe beginnt zu singen, wahrend sich die Klarinette in uppigen Figurationen ergeht), wodurch ein kammermusikalisch dichtes und klanglich reizvolles Gewebe entsteht.- Stefan Heucke.