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.
Harp SKU: HL.48181035 For Harp Solo. Composed by Marcel Grandjany....(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.48181035
For
Harp Solo. Composed
by Marcel Grandjany.
Leduc. Contemporary,
Educational. Softcover. 8
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL20039. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48181035).
UPC:
888680787653. 9x12
inches.
French born
harpist and composer,
Marcel Grandjany
(1891-1975) studied at
the Paris Conservatoire
before spending much of
his working life in
America. His Trois
petites Pièces
were composed in
Grandjany's early career
and are simple and
enjoyable works, suitable
for beginner harpists.
Grandjany was a teacher
of harp at the Julliard
School for 37 years
whilst also composing and
transcribing many works
for the instrument. Made
up of three movements,
Trois petites
Pièces begins with
a delicate Rêverie
(daydream). The second
piece, a Nocturne,
contains variations in
tempo, time signature and
dynamics. The Barcarolle
third movement is the
most challenging of the
three pieces, in 6/8 time
signature and
sixteenth-note
flourishes. All these
combined aspects of
Trois petites
Pièces by
Grandjany make for a
thrilling performance for
beginner harpists.
