Music Minus One Harp and Flute. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)....(+)
Music Minus One Harp and
Flute. Composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791). Sheet music
with CD. Music Minus One.
Classical. Softcover
Audio Online. 28 pages.
Music Minus One #MMO5201.
Published by Music Minus
One
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.
Fantasia on the Rondo from the Piano Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Am...(+)
Fantasia on the Rondo
from
the Piano Sonata in A
major
K. 331 by Wolfgang
Amadeus
Mozart, arranged for harp
by
Ekaterina Afanasieva
(2015).
Composed by Fazil Say.
Arranged by Ekaterina
Afanasieva. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Der Finalsatz der
Sonate A-Dur KV 331 von
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
das
Rondo Alla Turca, ist
eines
der bekanntesten
Klavierstucke uberhaupt.
An
diese Popularitat knupft
das
als effektvolle Zugabe
entstandene Stuck von
Faz?l
Say in der Bearbeitung
fur
Harf. Classical. Single
sheet. Composed 1993. Op.
5b.
8 pages. Duration
4'. Schott
Music #ED22797. Published
by
Schott Music
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.
Harp (Harp) - difficult SKU: HL.49019232 For Harpe solo. Composed ...(+)
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.
Composed by Star Edwards. Harp: Folk and Pedal,Style,Celtic / Irish,Classical...(+)
Composed by Star Edwards.
Harp: Folk and
Pedal,Style,Celtic /
Irish,Classical,Folk,Feat
ured
Products,Method. Young
Beginner. Book and Online
Audio. 80 pages.
Published by
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
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.
Harp - advanced SKU: HL.49046174 On Seven Fixed Notes and One Variable...(+)
Harp - advanced
SKU:
HL.49046174
On
Seven Fixed Notes and One
Variable Note Harp.
Composed by Heinz
Holliger. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. String Solo.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2008. 12 pages.
Duration 270 seconds.
Schott Music #ED22528.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49046174).
ISBN
9790001160766. 0.083
inches.
In this
solo piece written by
Heinz Holliger for his
wife, he notated the
dying away of individual
tones. Powerfully
plucked, stimulated
microtonally by harmonics
or quivering runs, they
ultimately drop to the
deepest bass.
Harp SKU: HF.FH-1063 Band 3: Einfuhrung in das Orchesterspiel (Orchest...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HF.FH-1063
Band 3:
Einfuhrung in das
Orchesterspiel
(Orchesterstudien).
Composed by Hans-Joachim
Zingel. Sheet music.
Friedrich Hofmeister
Musikverlag #FH 1063.
Published by Friedrich
Hofmeister Musikverlag
(HF.FH-1063).
ISBN
9790203410638. 8.3 x 11.7
inches.
Notenbeispi
ele aus: 1. Orfeo
(Monteverdi); 2. Kantate
(Zachow); 3. Julius
Caesar (Handel); 4.
Orpheus (Gluck); 5. Die
Geschopfe des Prometheus
(Beethoven); 6. Die
weisse Dame (Boieldieu);
7. Der Nordstern
(Meyerbeer); 8. Otello
(Rossini); 9. Don
Pasquale (Donizetti); 10.
Norma (Bellini); 11. Wenn
ich Konig war (Adam); 12.
Fausts Verdammnis
(Berlioz); 13. Symphonie
phantastique (Berlioz);
14. Aufforderung zum Tanz
(Berlioz); 15. Jota
aragonesa (Glinka); 16.
Athalia
(Mendelssohn-Bartholdy);
17. Die lustigen Weiber
von Windsor (Nicolai);
18. Das Paradies und die
Peri (Schumann); 19. Des
Sangers Fluch (Schumann);
20. Szenen aus Faus
(Schumann); 21. Orpheus
(Liszt); 22. Die Legende
von der heiligen
Elisabeth (Liszt); 23.
Des Preludes (Liszt); 24.
Dante-Symphonie (Liszt);
25. Mignon (Thomas); 26.
Martha (Flotow); 27.
Rienzi, der Letzte der
Tribunen (Wagner); 28.
Der fliegende Hollander
(Wagner); 29. Tannhauser
oder Der Sangerkrieg auf
Wartburg (Wagner); 30.
Lohengrin (Wagner); 31.
Tristan und Isolde
(Wagner); 32. Das
Rheingold (Wagner); 33.
Die Walkure (Wagner); 34.
Siegfried (Wagner); 35.
Gotterdammerung (Wagner);
36. Ein Maskenball
(Verdi); 37. Stabat mater
(Verdi); 38. Der
Troubadour (Verdi); 39.
Aida (Verdi); 40. Die
Macht des Schicksals
(Verdi); 41. Don Carlos
(Verdi); 42. Margarethe
(Gounod); 43.
Ballettmusik (Gounod);
44. Hoffmanns Erzahlungen
(Offenbach); 45.
Symphonie Nr. I (Franck);
46. Namouna (Lalo); 47.
Vysehrad (Smetana); 48.
Symphonie Nr. VIII
(Bruckner); 49. An der
schonen blauen Donau
(Strauss); 50.
Fruhlingsstimmen-Walzer
(Strauss); 51.
Kaiserwalzer (Strauss);
52. Gesange fur
Frauenchor (Brahms); 53.
Ein deutsches Requiem
(Brahms); 54. Nanie
(Brahms); 55. Furst Igor
(Borodin); 56.
Coppelia-Suite (Delibes);
57. L'Arlesienne-Suite I
(Bizet); 58. Carmen
(Bizet); 59.
L'Arlesienne-Suite II
(Bizet); 60. Die
Perlenfischer (Bizet);
61. Schwanensee
(Tschaikowski); 62.
Nussknacker-Suite
(Tschaikowski); 63.
Dornroschen
(Tschaikowski); 64.
Manfred-Symphonie
(Tschaikowski); 65. Eugen
Onegin (Tschaikowski);
66. Espana (Chabrier);
67. Boris Godunow
(Mussorgski /
Rimski-Korssakow); 68.
Sonnenwendnacht
(Rimski-Korssakow); 69.
Russische Ostern
(Rimski-Korssakow); 70.
Mlada (Rimski-Korssakow);
71. Scheherezade
(Rimski-Korssakow); 72.
Zar Saltan
(Rimski-Korssakow).
Harp - intermediate SKU: ST.Y259 Composed by Rhian Samuel. String music. ...(+)
Harp - intermediate
SKU: ST.Y259
Composed by Rhian Samuel.
String music. [Standard:
Intermediate]. Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y259. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y259).
ISBN
9790220222559.
Far
Across the Sea'
(Ymhell dros y
mor) is the
latest instrumental work
from a composer noted for
her original and
sensitive writing for
harp and harp
ensemble.
In
this gentle solo, what
sounds like a folksong -
and a very fine one - is
in fact a newly composed
tune, crafted with artful
simplicity. But as the
music journeys further
from its
characteristically Welsh
opening, teasing out new
suggestions from the
material, the sense of
nostalgia becomes
definitely more
contemporary than
traditional, though the
uplifting conclusion
restores the tone of
bardic rhetoric.
This work would be a
rewarding item for
players of intermediate
standard, and was
recommended for the under
18 category of the 2009
Wales International Harp
Festival.
Harp SKU: UT.MAG-221 Composed by Martin-Pierre Dalvimare. Edited by Anna ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.MAG-221
Composed
by Martin-Pierre
Dalvimare. Edited by Anna
Pasetti. Saddle
stitching. Magadis.
Classical. Ut Orpheus
#MAG 221. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-221).
ISBN 9790215318625. 9
x 12
inches.
Martin-Pier
re Dalvimare, born in
1770, in Dreux
(Eure-et-Loir), from a
distinguished family,
learnt music as an
entertainment art, and
was obliged to make it a
resource for his
existence, after the
troubles of the
Revolution in 1789. He
had acquired a remarkable
talent for the harp; when
he arrived in Paris he
made a very good
impression. Then, man of
the world, knowledgeable
in many fields, which is
rare for a musician, he
was welcome everywhere,
and very soon came in
friendly terms with some
of the most renowned
artists and men of
letters of his times. The
marriage certificate of
the poet Legouve (15
pluviose of the year XI,
or February 1803, 12th
municipality of Paris),
shows that Dalvimare was
one of his best men and
that at the time he was
thirty-two years old. He
became harpist of the
Opera in the year VIII
(1800), and was
definitively confirmed in
the month of fructidor of
the year IX. At the time
of the institution of the
emperor Napoleon's
private music, M.
Dalvimare was appointed
as his harpist. In
September 1807 he
obtained the title of
harp master of the
empress Josephine. A
lucky change of his
fortune allowed this
artist to renounce to
practise his talent for
living, he resigned from
all of his positions on
March, 12th, 1812, and he
retired in Dreux, where
he still was living in
1837. For a peculiar
weakness, he does not
like to speak about his
artist career, which had
been entirely honourable,
and he would like to
forget his success too.
His first composition was
a symphonie concertant
for harp and horn, which
he composed with Frederic
Duvernoy, and published
in the year VII (1798);
notwithstanding, he
counted as his first opus
a collection of romances
with accompaniment of
piano or harp, which he
later published with
Pleyel.
In 1809
Dalvimare composed, for
the theatre Feydeau, a
one-act opera-comique
called The Marriage for
Imprudence. The music was
weak; the work did not
succeed, and people used
to say that the greatest
imprudence had been the
one of the authors who
had it performed.
Nevertheless, the score
of this opera was
published in Paris by
erard. (Francois-Joseph
Fetis).
By Star Edwards. For Harp (Folk/Celtic). Solos. Early Music/Renaissance. Level: ...(+)
By Star Edwards. For Harp
(Folk/Celtic). Solos.
Early Music/Renaissance.
Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book. Size 8.5x11. 40
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc.
Harp SKU: HL.50605490 Two Pieces for Harp. Composed by Gergely Vaj...(+)
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.
By Roxana Goodwin. For Harp (Folk/Celtic). Method. Fun With. Folk. Level: Beginn...(+)
By Roxana Goodwin. For
Harp (Folk/Celtic).
Method. Fun With. Folk.
Level: Beginning. Book.
Size 8.75x11.75. 32
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc.
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.