(For Solo Harp). By Gary Schocker. For Harp. Contemporary. Solo part. Standard n...(+)
(For Solo Harp). By Gary
Schocker. For Harp.
Contemporary. Solo part.
Standard notation. 8
pages. Duration 6
minutes. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
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.114423960 Composed by Chen Yi. Sws. Performanc...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.114423960
Composed by Chen Yi. Sws.
Performance Score. 4
pages. Duration 3
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42396.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423960).
UPC:
680160689293. 9 x 12
inches.
Shadowy
lines traced in fading
colors suggest a mountain
range in silhouette
against the night sky in
this mesmerizing and
poetic miniature for solo
harp. The composer takes
the instrument’s full
range as her canvas,
carrying the listener’s
imagination from distant
peaks to shrouded
foothills. Particularly
memorable is a recurring
tremolo motifxa0 played
with a wooden drumstick
on the instrument’s
lowest strings. DARK
MOUNTAINS is artistically
refined, but not
virtuosic, making it a
novel and approachable
addition to the
repertoire for developing
and professional harpists
alike.
Chamber Music harp SKU: PR.114415700 For Harp. Composed by Gary Sc...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.114415700
For Harp. Composed
by Gary Schocker. Sws.
Contemporary. Performance
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed August
5 2011. 12 pages.
Duration 8 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41570. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114415700).
ISBN
9781598064711. UPC:
680160612284. 9x12
inches.
Schocker's
first harp Sonata offers
three movements (1.
Changes; 2. Procession,
Remembering; 3.Facing
Forward) in approachable
form for advancing
students Perfect for
year-end recitals. For
intermediate to advanced.
Duration:
8'_______________________
________________SONATA
NO. 1 for Harp
(114-41570)With the same
spontaneous gift and
gusto that Gary Schocker
has offered the flute
world, providing a rich
library of solo works and
chamber music, Schocker
has recently turned his
creative generosity to
harp. The 8-minute SONATA
NO. 1 is within the reach
of intermediate players,
and set in three
movements: Changes;
Procession, Remembering;
and Facing
Forward. .
Harp; Early Music SKU: UT.MAG-293 Composed by John Stanley. Arranged by S...(+)
Harp; Early Music
SKU:
UT.MAG-293
Composed
by John Stanley. Arranged
by Simona Marchesi.
Magadis. Classical.
Score. Ut Orpheus #MAG
293. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.MAG-293).
ISBN 9790215328341. 9
x 12 inches.
John
Stanleyâ??s 30
Voluntaries (translatable
as preludes), published
in three collections as
opp. 5, 6 and 7, are
among the best known
organ works of the 18th
century. These free-style
compositions were
received with great
appreciation by his
contemporaries; the first
volume, published in
1748, immediately
achieved canonical status
and encouraged other
composers to write
similar collections. The
pieces, of easy to medium
difficulty, are for
manuals (alternatively,
they can also be played
on the harpsichord) and
comprise two movements,
slow and fast, many of
which are characterized
by a certain rhythmic
energy and richness of
color, expressed through
the use of solo registers
such as cornet and
trumpet, with multiple
echo effects, here
adapted and transformed
into piano, forte, and
playing near the sound
board effect, limiting,
or rather modifying,
their results.
Chamber Music harp SKU: PO.UME09 Composed by Graeme Downes. Sws. Performa...(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PO.UME09
Composed by Graeme
Downes. Sws. Performance
Score. Promethean
Editions #UME09.
Published by Promethean
Editions (PO.UME09).
ISBN
9781877564918.
This
enigmatic and often
playful work for harp
incorporates scalar
material reminiscent of
the Blues, with
unpredictable shocks of
pedal glissandi peppering
the Introduction with a
chromatic motif. The
Scherzo that follows
presents a more animated
working out of the
Introduction's materials,
with polyrhythmic
passages consisting of
triplets grouped in
fives, in addition to
other rhythmic
manifestations of the
number five. Together,
the two sections make for
an entertaining and
expressive addition to a
harpist's repertoire.
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..