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: UT.HS-284 Composed by Pellegrino Santucci. Edited by Giuseppe M...(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.HS-284
Composed by
Pellegrino Santucci.
Edited by Giuseppe
Monari. Saddle stitching.
Classical. Ut Orpheus #HS
284. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.HS-284).
ISBN 9790215326460. 9
x 12
inches.
Melodia
for Solo Harp/ Alleluja
Modo II - Wachet auf for
Harp and
Organ
This
publication gathers
together in these three
pieces the only
compositions by Santucci
devoted to the harp, both
as a solo instrument and
in dialogue with the
organ, his favourite
instrument. The little
Melodia per arpa,
a simple piece having an
apparently didactic
purpose, does not show
the date of composition
but, judging by the
handwriting of the
manuscript, it probably
dates back to the period
between 1980 and 1990. No
other information has
reached us as to why the
piece was
composed. The two
pieces Alleluja Modo
II and Wachet
auf, both dated 20
March 1993, composed for
the unusual duo of harp
and organ, are dedicated
to Anna Maria Restani,
first harp in the
orchestra of the Teatro
Comunale of Bologna from
1965 to 2002, and to her
son Wladimir Matesic,
organist and now teacher
at the Conservatoire in
Trieste. Gregorian chant
is the protagonist of the
first piece, evoking a
Gothic and rarefied
atmosphere. The second is
instead a blatant tribute
to Johann Sebastian Bach
(right from the first
bars the reference to
Prelude no. 1 of the
Well-Tempered
Clavier is clear),
through one of his most
famous chorales
(Wachet auf, ruft uns
die stimme), also
used by Santucci for
numerous other
compositions, including
Il corteo dei Magi
[for trumpet, organ,
orchestra and choir,
1986, ms.], still
performed in the
Christmas concerts in
Bologna. (Giuseppe
Monari).
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.
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.
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.