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.
Harp SKU: HL.48181037 Composed by Marcel Tournier. Leduc. Post-1900. Soft...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48181037
Composed
by Marcel Tournier.
Leduc. Post-1900.
Softcover. 6 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL20042.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48181037).
UPC: 888680868802.
9x12 inches.
French
harpist, composer and
teacher, Marcel Tournier
(1879-1951) wrote
important repertoire for
the harp which expanded
the harmonic and
technical possibilities
of the instrument. His
Four Preludes for Two
Harps is no
exception. Published in
1921, Four
Preludes is still
performed and recorded by
harpists. The second
volume comprises the
third and fourth preludes
in which tonality and
rhythm are sublimely
experimented with, as
well as uses of
harmonics. Tournier's
Four Preludes is
suitable for all
intermediate to advanced
harp duets seeking to
explore varied repertoire
on the instrument.
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: HL.50606509 Two Pieces for Harp. Composed by Gergely Vaj...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.50606509
Two
Pieces for Harp.
Composed by Gergely
Vajda. EMB. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
12 pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #Z15211.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(HL.50606509).
ISBN
9781705190722. UPC:
196288126850.
The
two harp pieces by
Gergely VAJDA (*1973)
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.
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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Chaloupka. For Two Harps. Two ...(+)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Arranged by
Chaloupka. For Two Harps.
Two Harps. 3 songs.
Traditional. Advanced.
Published by Fatrock Ink
Music Publishers
Harp SKU: HL.281176 Two Harps. Composed by Marta Ptaszynska. PWM. ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.281176
Two
Harps. Composed by
Marta Ptaszynska. PWM.
Classical. Softcover. 36
pages. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#PWM12055. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.281176).
Fast Dances Harpe [Conducteur et Parties séparées] St Rose Music Publishing
Harp (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.14048306 For Two Harps. Composed by N...(+)
Harp (Score & Parts)
SKU: HL.14048306
For Two Harps.
Composed by Nico Muhly.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Set. Composed
2016. St. Rose Music
#SRO100075. Published by
St. Rose Music
(HL.14048306).
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.
By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Chaloupka. For Two Harps. Two ...(+)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Arranged by
Chaloupka. For Two Harps.
Two Harps. 1 song.
Traditional. Advanced.
Published by Fatrock Ink
Music Publishers
By Marcello / J.S. Bach. Arranged by Chaloupka. For Two Harps. Two Harps. 3 song...(+)
By Marcello / J.S. Bach.
Arranged by Chaloupka.
For Two Harps. Two Harps.
3 songs. Traditional.
Intermediate. Published
by Fatrock Ink Music
Publishers
By Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936). Arranged by Chaloupka. For Two Harps. Two Harp...(+)
By Ottorino Respighi
(1879-1936). Arranged by
Chaloupka. For Two Harps.
Two Harps. 5 songs.
Traditional. Advanced.
Published by Fatrock Ink
Music Publishers
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: HL.48182311 Composed by Marcel Grandjany. Leduc. Classical. Sof...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48182311
Composed
by Marcel Grandjany.
Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL23442.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48182311).
UPC: 888680787066.
9.25x12.25x0.055
inches.
Written by
Marcel Grandjany on a
tune of Haydn, Fantasy is
a piece for Harp that
includes 5 variations of
the main theme. Ideally
to be played on pedal
Harp, it would fit the
skills and abilities of
advanced Harp players.
The technical
difficulties encountered
are various as this piece
involves some
hand-crossings,
arpeggios, natural
harmonies, accidental
alterations as well as
some pedal changes.
Marcel Grandjany is a
French-born American who
lived in the 20th
century. He studied with
Alphonse Hasselmans at
the Paris Conservatoire
from the age of 11 and
got the First Prize at 13
years old. He composed
numerous pieces for Harp,
of all levels: '3 Very
Easy Little Pieces, Op.
7', 'Divertissement, Op.
29', 'Variation on the
Londonderry Air, Op. 20'
and 'Two Duets for 2
harps, Op. 26' among many
others..
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).
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.
Harp (Harp) SKU: HL.48181028 For Harp. Composed by R. Nicholas-Cha...(+)
Harp (Harp)
SKU:
HL.48181028
For
Harp. Composed by R.
Nicholas-Charles Bochsa.
Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. Alphonse Leduc
#AL20026. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48181028).
Composed by
Bochsa, Twenty-Five
Studies, Op. 6a is a set
of part of the Favourite
Studies from the same
author for intermediate
and advanced harp
players. Reviewed by
Alphonse Hasselmans, each
studies has a different
difficulty level and can
be played separately.
This set of studies will
help the harpist to gain
in flexibility and speed,
and would ideally be
played on pedal harps. In
the same series, Bochsa
also composed a set of
Forty Easy Studies, Op.
318, a set of Twenty
Studies in two books and
one called Fifty Studies,
Op.34. All these sets
have been reviewed by
Alphonse Hasselmans,
professor at the Paris
Conservatoire, who also
indicated the best finger
positions to use.
Harp SKU: HL.128724 Music from the Disney Motion Picture Arranged for ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.128724
Music
from the Disney Motion
Picture Arranged for
Harp. Arranged by
Sylvia Woods. Harp.
Children, Disney, Movies.
Softcover. 4 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.128724).
ISBN
9780936661605. UPC:
888680014209.
8.5x11.0x0.027 inches.
Arr. Sylvia
Woods.
Tangled is
Disney's popular animated
film from 2010, based on
the German fairy tale
Rapunzel. This book
includes two songs from
the movie, arranged for
lever or pedal harp by
Sylvia Woods: I See the
Light and Healing
Incantation. Both pieces
include lyrics,
fingerings, and lever or
pedal changes. I See the
Light is the love song
between Rapunzel and
Flynn, sung in the boat
during the lantern
ceremony. This 5-page
intermediate arrangement
is in the key of C with F
and G lever changes
throughout. The range is
31 strings, from the C 2
octaves below middle C up
to the E 2 octaves and 2
strings above middle C.
The one-page Healing
Incantation is the song
that Rapunzel sings when
her hair creates the
magic. It is in the key
of 1 sharp, with G and C
lever changes. It can be
played by advanced
beginners with experience
in making lever changes.
The range is 22 strings,
from the E almost 2
octaves below middle C,
up to the E 9 strings
above middle C. It can be
played on many 26-string
harps, if played an
octave higher than
written. Both pieces are
included in this sheet
music.