Books and Journals; Harp SKU: UT.LB-4 Composed by Mirella Vita. Paperback...(+)
Books and Journals; Harp
SKU: UT.LB-4
Composed by Mirella Vita.
Paperback (Soft Cover).
Classical. Books and
Journals. Ut Orpheus #LB
4. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.LB-4).
ISBN 9788881094479.
6.5 x 9.5
inches.
â??During
my career spanning half a
century, like all my
fellow harpists I
constantly had to grapple
with the commonly held
view that the harp has
neither music nor history
of its
own. Fortunately, over
the years I have been
able to give the lie to
this myth and have tried
to bring to light some of
the vast repertoire, both
early and modern,
expressly composed for
this instrument which has
been treated somewhat as
an outsider in the
musical world. The
research work for my
books on Italian and
Swiss harp music was
plain sailing because
source materials were
specific titles and title
pages. Were I to write
books on French, German,
Austrian, British,
Bohemian, Spanish,
Portuguese or
Scandinavian harp music,
the work involved would
be equally smooth and
straightforward. Howev
er, where Dutch music is
concerned, the approach
is rather different,
because here it is the
painters,
treatise-writers and
historians who provide
the evidence and guidance
necessary to discover the
musical customs and
traditions where the harp
played a significant
part. Performers
looking for pieces of
music may use this book
as follows: chapter II
deals with treatises,
chapter III with
paintings, chapter IV
with history and research
accounts. Chapters V and
VI are concerned with
confusions in
terminology. Chapter VII
describes recent
developments and chapters
VIII and IX cover
composers and pieces of
music. Libraries and
publishers are listed
with their addresses in
chapters X and XI, and
finally chapter XII
consists of the index
based on the various
groups of
performers. In this
last chapter harpists
will find the composers
most suited to their
programme, and can then
turn to chapters VIII and
IX for details. The
actual pieces can be
obtained by consulting
chapters X and XI. I wish
you every success in your
search, in your
rehearsals and in your
concerts ! In order to
define what is Dutch or
non-Dutch in early music,
I have followed the
current approach, i.e.
all art and history prior
to the separation of the
â??Seven ProvinÂces
in the 16th century is
the common heritage of
the Low Countries,
whereas everything
pertaining to those
courageous lands from
then onwards is
specifically Dutch..
Harp (Harp) SKU: HL.50511754 Solo. Composed by Laszlo Tihanyi. Con...(+)
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.
Orchestra SSA Choir, piano, percussion, harp SKU: CF.O5173 Composed by Pe...(+)
Orchestra SSA Choir,
piano, percussion, harp
SKU: CF.O5173
Composed by Peter Mennin.
The world premiere took
place on January 18, 1979
at Alice Tully Hall,
Lincoln Center. Choral.
Score. With Standard
notation. 63 pages.
Duration 25 minutes. Carl
Fischer Music #O5173.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.O5173).
ISBN
9780825867248. UPC:
798408067243. 9 X 12
inches. Text: Emily
Dickinson. Emily
Dickinson.
Acoustic instruments - Intermediate SKU: MB.94887 Arrangements of Lull...(+)
Acoustic instruments -
Intermediate
SKU:
MB.94887
Arrangements of
Lullabies and Airs for
Celtic Harp. Composed
by Kim Robertson. Harp:
Folk and Pedal,
Saddle-stitched, Style,
Celtic / Irish, Solos.
Gourd Music. Lullaby.
Book. 56 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #94887.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.94887).
ISBN
9780786609017. UPC:
796279028271. 8.75 x
11.75 inches. By Kim
Robertson.
This collection of
melodies for
quiet times draws
mostly on the
rich repertoire of the
Celtic folk tradition.
The song Tender
Shepherd is not included
in this book.
(with Selected Arrangements for the Folk Harp). By Mary Umbarger. For Harp (Folk...(+)
(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
by Leslie McMichael and Laurie Riley. For folk/celtic harp. Celtic/Irish. Level:...(+)
by Leslie McMichael and
Laurie Riley. For
folk/celtic harp.
Celtic/Irish. Level:
Intermediate. Book.
Solos. Size 8.75x11.75.
76 pages. Published by
Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
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 SKU: HL.14007563 Harp Solo. Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sa...(+)
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. .
by Sue Richards. For folk/celtic harp. Scottish, Celtic. Level: Beginning-Interm...(+)
by Sue Richards. For
folk/celtic harp.
Scottish, Celtic. Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book. Solos. Size
8.75x11.75. 48 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Pub., Inc.
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.
Chamber Music harp SKU: PR.114417670 For Harp. Composed by Carter ...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.114417670
For Harp. Composed
by Carter Pann. Sws.
Contemporary. Solo part.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2010. 8 pages.
Duration 4:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41767. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114417670).
ISBN
9781491107973. UPC:
680160636228. 9x12
inches.
The
inscription above Carter
Pann's Emerald's on
Artemis reads: A music
box for Emerald Weber
(born 18 June, 2010) on
Morgan Black's harp
Artemis. The title of
this 2010 composition is
a bit cryptic, but
Artemis is the given name
of harpist Morgan Black's
instrument. The music is
both out-and-out tender
and exuberant, clearly
celebrating the birth of
Emerald, the first
daughter of one of Pann's
dear childhood friends.
For advanced
harpists.________________
_______________________Te
xt on the scanned back
cover:Composer/pianist
Carter Pann (2016
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
in Music) has written for
and worked with musicians
around the world,
garnering performances by
ensembles such as the
London Symphony and City
of Birmingham Symphony,
the Tchaikovsky Symphony
in Moscow, many radio
symphonies around Europe,
the Seattle Symphony,
National Repertory
Orchestra, the youth
orchestras of New York
and Chicago, and
countless wind
ensembles.He has written
for Richard Stoltzman,
the Antares Ensemble, the
Capitol Saxophone
Quartet, the West Coast
Wind Quintet, the River
Oaks Chamber Ensemble,
and many concert
pianists. His String
Quartet No. 2
“Operas†was
commissioned by the
Takács Quartet. Pann
has been awarded a
Charles Ives Fellowship,
a Masterprize seat in
London, and many ASCAP
awards over the years.
His numerous CDs
encompass solo, vocal,
chamber, orchestral, and
wind music, and have
received two Grammy
nominations. He currently
teaches at the University
of Colorado in
Boulder.
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).
Harp SKU: FG.55011-820-1 Composed by Lotta Wennäkoski. Classical, cont...(+)
Harp
SKU:
FG.55011-820-1
Composed by Lotta
Wennäkoski. Classical,
contemporary. Score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-820-1. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-820-1).
ISBN
9790550118201.
Lott
a Wennäkoski composed
her harp concerto Sigla
in 2022. In Segla (2022)
for solo harp the
concerto’s
material is reorganized
and developed further.
The title means “to
sail in Swedish. At the
times, the music gently
sways on the waves
– one might hear
some spindrifts as
well.
Duration:
4'. This product is a B4
sized folder with loose
pages.
Segla was
written for the Royal
Academy of Music as a
part of the bicentenary
project. Premiere by Huw
Boucher 17th November
2022, Royal Academy of
Music, London.
Viola, Electronics SKU: CA.1630200 For Viola and live electronics....(+)
Viola, Electronics
SKU: CA.1630200
For Viola and live
electronics. Composed
by Walter Feldmann. This
edition: Paperbound.
German title: Courbe 2
(1993/2001). Full score.
Composed 1993/rev. 2001.
34 pages. Duration 8
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
16.302/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.1630200).
ISBN
9790007099695. Language:
all languages.
The
viola solo courbe 2 is
based on an excerpt from
the viola part in the
Trio for flute, viola and
harp << courbes >> -
sequences. In the densest
time curve of this piece
the viola plays the
leading role for a span
of almost three minutes.
This material is taken
from the Trio, presented
and divided into separate
parts. courbe 2 is three
times longer in duration
than the Trio excerpt
from which it is derived.
The musical text of the
individual fragments
remains as it is in the
original, but, pulsating,
demarcated in seconds.
Fissures emerge between
the fragments, windows
open: - to harmonic
fields, central sounds,
taken over from the
reverberations, from
which new tone material
is derived; the fields in
turn are distorted and
spacialised by the
electronics - to metrical
structures and pulses
freed from the individual
motives of the original
musical text, which forms
new variants in
interaction with these
fields. Thus in courbe 2
which, as already
indicated, is three times
longer in duration than
the original, three
musical levels are
interpenetrated, whereby
all three are derived
from one tone, which
plays an absolutely
central role in most of
my works. It is a
reference to the French
writer Anne-Marie Albiach
(and to her great text <<
H II >> lineaires), and
it remains as the only
tone at the end of the
piece, definitively,
determining everything, b
= 247 Hertz. Walter
Feldmann.
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