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.
Composed by Monika Mandelartz. For Folk Harp and Pedal Harp. Saddle-stitched. ...(+)
Composed by Monika
Mandelartz. For Folk Harp
and
Pedal Harp.
Saddle-stitched.
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book.
28 pages. Published by
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
Harp SKU: UT.HS-231 Arranged by Sara Simari. Saddle stitching. Classical....(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.HS-231
Arranged by
Sara Simari. Saddle
stitching. Classical. Ut
Orpheus #HS 231.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.HS-231).
ISBN
9790215324558. 9 x 12
inches.
Tarascon
e; Tarantella Capuanese;
Valzer; Polka di
Vittorio; Tarantella
Stiglianese
Th
e history of the
Viggianesi, strolling
musicians, winds over a
period of about four
centuries and esprimeun
‘unicum’
musically and
anthropologically. Heirs
of a travelling musical
tradition that from the
late Middle Ages
inhabited more than just
the streets of the
Kingdom of Sicily and
Naples, the harpists of
this extraordinary story
made their first
appearances as early as
the end of the 1600s
engaged in musical
practices at
shrines. Armed with an
urgent need to make a
living together with a
strong musical
inclination, adaptability
and versatility, the
groups of musicians,
almost always belonging
to the same family
circle, became the
promoters of the great
Italian musical tradition
(Southern in particular),
and with their harps on
their shoulders they
became the identification
symbol of a well-defined
and limited area of
Italy: the Agri Valley,
in Basilicata. From
the many documents
examined, a very wide and
varied musical repertoire
emerges mixing the
pastoral tradition with
classical tradition
(mainly opera, devotional
music with songs from the
cities (from the
Neapolitan tradition to
international
production). The pastoral
repertoire, the subject
of this publication,
consists of a strongly
characterized native
repertoire which the
Viggianesi had
consolidated in both
public and private ritual
occasions in their native
land, even if performing
in distant
lands.
This
collection is included
among the compulsory
pieces of The 7th
International Harp
Contest in Italy Suoni
D’Arpa, 2017,
Category A –
Associazione Italiana
dell’Arpa –
www.ass
ociazioneitalianarpa.it
Harp SKU: HL.128725 Arranged for Harp. Composed by Alain Boublil, ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.128725
Arranged
for Harp. Composed by
Alain Boublil,
Claude-Michel Schô,
and nberg. Harp.
Broadway, Movies,
Musicals. Softcover. 4
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.128725).
ISBN 9780936661636.
UPC: 888680012588.
8.5x11.0x0.038
inches.
Castle on a
Cloud is sung by the
child Cosette in Les
Miserables. It is a
hopeful song of her
imaginary world where
life is beautiful, and
she is not subjected to
the drudgery of her hard
existence. Sylvia Woods
has arranged this lilting
song for lever or pedal
harp. There are 7 lever
changes in the piece, so
it is for lower
intermediate to
intermediate level
players. Fingerings and
lyrics are included, as
well as lever and pedal
changes. Two, 2-page
versions are included:
one for lever harps tuned
to C, and the other for
lever harps tuned to
flats. Pedal harpists can
play either version. The
arrangement for lever
harps tuned to C is in
the key of D (2 sharps),
with A and C lever
changes needed. The
arrangement for lever
harps tuned to flats is
in the key of C, with B
and G lever changes
needed. Either version
may be played on most
small harps with about 26
strings if you play
everything an octave
higher than written.
There are special
instructions in the
introduction telling you
what you'll need to
change if you have a
small harp.
Harp SKU: UT.MAG-274 Composed by Philipp-Joseph Hinner. Edited by Frances...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.MAG-274
Composed
by Philipp-Joseph Hinner.
Edited by Francesca La
Carrubba Jessica
Pettenà . Saddle
stitching. Magadis.
Classical. Score and
Parts. Ut Orpheus #MAG
274. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-274).
ISBN 9790215326859. 9
x 12
inches.
Rediscoveri
ng, studying and
analyzing the musical art
of Philipp Joseph Hinner
means enhancing a piece
of the eighteenth-century
harp music mosaic.
Hinner's work intrigues
for its extraordinary
simplicity, for its
regularity and harmony;
the ordered balance of
the parts, symmetry and
sense of proportion are
essential elements for
the author, and give
character and unity to
his work. The harp
repertoire has long been
overshadowed by the
keyboard one, which
boasts extensive solo and
chamber literature, and
consolidated for over two
centuries. The
rediscovery of the
history of our
instrument, however, is
still recent and the
research work in the
field of harp music is
still long. Hinner,
with the apparent
simplicity of his opus
10, can thus regain his
role in the harp
repertoire of the
eighteenth century, as
well as covering a
considerable didactic
value today. The part of
the first harp
undoubtedly presents
characteristics of
greater rhythmic and
virtuosic complexity than
that of the second, which
consists of a continuous
accompaniment
interspersed with simple
thematic imitated
episodes. Furthermore in
the composition are
included arias such as
O ma tendre
Musette, a French
popular melody of the
18th century (previously
set to music by
Pierre-Alexandre
Monsigny), and <>, taken from
the opera-comique
L'erreur d'un moment
ou la Suite de Julie
by Nicolas Dezede, as
well as themes from
Gluck's Iphigenie en
Aulide, which had
been all used also by
Hinner's first harp
master, Francesco Petrini
(1744-1819). Hinner's
opus 10, originally
written in separate parts
for two harps, or harp
and fortepiano, is
presented here updated
and completed with its
score, for a thorough
perception of the
work.
Harp SKU: FG.55011-912-3 Composed by Tauno Marttinen. Classical, contempo...(+)
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).
For Harp. By Franz Joseph Haydn, Anton Rubenstein, Christoph Willibald von Gluck...(+)
For Harp. By Franz Joseph
Haydn, Anton Rubenstein,
Christoph Willibald von
Gluck, Carlos Salzedo.
Arranged by Carlos
Salzedo. Text: Yolanda
Kondonassis. For Harp.
Solo part. 64 pages.
Published by Carl
Fischer.
Harp SKU: CF.H82 Five Children’s Pieces. Composed by Mauric...(+)
Harp
SKU: CF.H82
Five Children’s
Pieces. Composed by
Maurice Ravel.
Transcribed by Carl
Swanson. 32 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #H82.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.H82).
ISBN
9781491160183. UPC:
680160918782.
Mauri
ce Ravel's Mother Goose
is arguably one of the
most well-known and
well-loved of Ravel's
works. Whether one
encounters it first in
its original iteration
for piano, four hands, or
in the sweeping orchestra
transcription, Mother
Goose leaves an
impression that isn't
soon forgotten. The
pieces are short, simple,
and descriptive, but are
nonetheless ravishing,
and beautifully showcase
Ravel’s genius and
compositional skills. Now
for the first time, the
entire work has been
transcribed for solo harp
by harpist Carl Swanson.
Each of the original five
movements has been
carefully edited, making
the pieces playable on
solo harp, while keeping
the spirit that Ravel
intended. Here is a
valuable addition to the
harp repertoire by one of
the greatest composers of
the twentieth century,
Maurice Ravel.
Choir Secular Harp SKU: AP.12-0571520634 A Homage to Britten. Comp...(+)
Choir Secular Harp
SKU:
AP.12-0571520634
A
Homage to Britten.
Composed by Anthony
Bolton. Choral Extended
Work; Larger Works;
Performance Music
Ensemble. Faber Edition.
Christmas; Sacred;
Winter. Part(s). Faber
Music #12-0571520634.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571520634).
ISBN 9780571520633.
English.
A Garland
of Carols is a homage to
Benjamin Britton's
Ceremony of Carols.
Written by Anthony
Bolton, best known as one
of the UK's most
successful fund managers,
it includes a translation
of the traditional
Portuguese carol Beijai o
menino, as well as
original works such as
Lanterns which evokes a
barren winter landscape
from which we are
transported to a more
mystical land in the
middle section. Though
originally written for
trebles, the carols work
equally well for female
voices.
Harp Harp, Folk Harp - Difficulty: medium SKU: HL.720640 Composed by Turl...(+)
Harp Harp, Folk Harp -
Difficulty: medium
SKU: HL.720640
Composed by Turlough
O'carolan. Edited by
Sylvia Woods. Arranged by
S Woods. Harp.
Traditional Folk. Harp
solo book (spiral bound).
With standard notation
and introductory text.
112 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.720640).
ISBN 9780960299089.
UPC: 073999206401.
8.75x11
inches.
Arranged
for beginning and
advanced harpers, this
book contains 40 of the
best tunes by O'Carolan,
the most famous of the
Irish harpers and
composers who lived from
1670-1738. Each of the 40
tunes has two
arrangements: an easy
play version and a more
difficult version. Each
tune includes chord
indications that can be
used by harpers or other
instrumentalists.
