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).

Chamber Music harp

SKU: CF.H84

Composed by Marcel Tournier. Edited by Carl Swanson. Collection - Score. Carl Fischer Music #H84. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.H84).

ISBN 9781491165539. UPC: 680160924530.

Marce l Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. Over his long career, he added a significant catalogue of very beautiful works to the harp repertoire. Many of his solo works, almost one hundred, have been consistently in print since they were first published. But in recent years harpist Carl Swanson has discovered a treasure trove of pieces by Tournier heretofore unknown and unpublished. These include the Déchiffrages in this edition, as well as songs set for voice, harp, and string quartet, and ensemble arrangements of some of his most beloved works.All of the works that Carl Swanson found were in manuscript only. With the help of the great harpist Catherine Michel, he has put these pieces into playable form, and they are being published for the very first time. He and Catherine often had to re-notate passages to show clearly how they could be played, adding fingerings and musical nuances, tempos, pedals, and pedal diagrams.Tournier wrote these pieces when he was in his 20s, and before he became the impressionistic composer those familiar with his work know so well. They are written in the late nineteenth-century romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. They are beautiful short, intermediate level pieces by a first rate composer, and add much needed repertoire to that level of playing.
Marcel Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. He graduated from the Paris Conservatory with a first prize in harp in 1899. He also studied composition there and won a second prize in the prestigious Prix de Rome competition, as well as a first prize in the Rossini competition, another major composition competition of the day. From 1912 to 1948 he taught the harp class at the Paris Conservatory. But composition, and almost entirely, composition for the harp, was the main focus of his life. His published works, including many works for solo harp, a few for harp and other instruments, and several songs, number around one hundred pieces.In 2019, while researching Tournier for my edition MARCEL TOURNIER: 10 Pieces for Solo Harp, I discovered that there was a significant list of pieces by this composer that had never been published and were not included on any inventory of his music. Principal on this list were his déchiffrages (pronounced day-she-frahge, like the second syllable in the word garage).The word déchiffrage means sight-reading exercise, and that was their original purpose. Tournier numbered and dated these pieces, with dates ranging from 1900 to 1910, indicating that they were in all likelihood written for Alphonse Hasselmans’ class at the Paris Conservatory. Tournier was probably told how long to make each one, and how difficult. They range in length from two to four pages, with only one in the whole series extending to five, and from thirty to fifty-five measures, with only one extending to eight-five. The level of difficulty for the whole series is intermediate, with some at the easier end, and others at the middle or upper end.We don’t know if they were intended to test students trying to enter the harp class, or if they were used to test students in the class as they played their exams. The fact that they were never published means that students had to not only sight read them, but sight read them in manuscript form!I worked from digital images of the original manuscripts, which are in the private music library of a harpist in France. She had twenty-seven of these pieces, and this edition is the second in a series of three that will publish, for the first time, all of the ones that I have found thus far. The manuscripts themselves consist of little more than notes on the page: no pedals written in, no fingerings, few if any musical nuances and tempo markings, and no clear indication as to which hand plays which notes. These would have been difficult to sight read indeed! My collaborator Catherine Michel and I added musical nuances, fingerings, pedals and pedal diagrams, and tempo indications to put them into their current condition.At the time these were written, Tournier would have been in his twenties, having just graduated from the harp class himself (1899), and might still have been in the composition class. These are the earliest known pieces that he wrote, and they were written at the very beginning of a cultural revolution and upheaval in Paris that was to completely and profoundly alter musical composition. Tournier himself would eventually be caught up in this new way of composing. But not yet.All of the déchiffrages are written in the late romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. Each one is built on a clear musical idea, and the variety over the whole series makes them wonderful to listen to as well as to learn. They are also great technical lessons for intermediate level players.The obvious question is: Why didn’t Tournier publish these pieces, and why didn’t he list them on his own inventory of his music? Actually, four of them were published, with small changes, as his collection Four Preludes, Op. 16. These came from the ones that will be in volume three of this series from Carl Fischer. His first large piece, Theme and Variations, was published in 1908, and his two best known and frequently played pieces, Féerie and Au Matin, followed in 1912 and 1913 respectively. We can only speculate because there is so much still unknown about Tournier and about these unpublished pieces. He may have looked at them, fresh out of school as he was, as simply a way to make some quick money. The first several pieces that he did publish are much longer than any of the déchiffrages. So it could be that, because of their shorter length, as well as the earlier musical style that he was moving away from, he chose not to publish any more of them. We may never know the full story. But all these years later, more than a century after they were composed, we can listen to them for their own merits, and not measured against whatever else was going on at the time. The numbers on these pieces are the ones that Tournier assigned to them, and the gaps between some of the numbers suggest that there are perhaps thirty or more of these pieces still to be found, if they still exist. They will, in all likelihood, be found, as these were, in private collections of harp music, not in institutional libraries. We can only hope that more of them will be located in years to come.—Carl SwansonGlossary of French Musical TermsTournier was very precise about how he wanted his pieces played, and carefully communicated this with many musical indications. He used standard Italian words, but also used French words and phrases, and occasionally mixed both together. It is extremely important to observe and understand everything that he put on the page.Here is a list of the French words and phrases found in the pieces in this edition, with their translation.bien chanté well sung, melodiousdécidé firm, resolutediminu peu à peu becoming softer little by littleen diminuant becoming softeren riten. slowing downen se perdant dying awayGaiement gayly, lightlygracieusement gracefully, elegantlyLéger light, quickLent slowmarquez le chant emphasize the melodyModéré at a moderate tempopeu à peu animé more lively, little by littleplus lent slowerRetenu held backsans lenteur without slownesssans retinir without slowing downsec drily, abruptlysoutenu sustained, heldtrès arpegé very arpeggiatedTrès Modéré Very moderate tempoTrès peu retenu slightly held backTrès soutenu very sustainedun peu retenu slightly held back.

Composed by Star Edwards. Saddle-stitched. Christmas. Book. 24 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

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 Provin­ces 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..

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. 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: HL.431600

By Various. Arranged by Ann Lobotzke. Harp. Classics, Movies, Pop. Softcover. 112 pages. Duration 310 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.431600).

ISBN 9781705163382. UPC: 196288064633. 9.0x12.0x0.234 inches.

Meticulousl y curated, Beautiful songs for Harp features 28 timeless melodies, thoughtfully arranged for harpists of all levels. Suitable for both pedal and lever harps, this new collection is perfect for harpists looking to enhance their current repertoire. Songs include: And I Love Her • Bless the Broken Road • Bring Him Home • Can't Help Falling in Love • For All We Know • God Only Knows • Hallelujah • I Will Always Love You • If Ever I Would Leave You • Mia and Sebastian's Theme • Morning Has Broken • On the Street Where You Live • The Rainbow Connection • The Sound of Silence • You've Got a Friend • and more.

(Etudes 1-20 with an additional 20 Etude Variations that expand on the original etudes). Composed by Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. Edited by Carl Swanson. For lever harp. Etude book (spiral-bound). 94 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

1 Solo Harp - Grade 2

SKU: FL.FX074292

Composed by Pascal Proust. Original Composition. Classical, Educational. Score and Set of Parts. FLEX Editions #FX074292. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX074292).

A little melodic and dreamy piece... for young harpists from 2 years of practice - Pascal PROUST ; Instruments: 1 Solo Harp; Difficuly Level: Grade 2; Duration: 2 mn 30 s; Musical Style: Classical, Educational; Category: Original Composition; Composer: Pascal PROUST.

Composed by Various. Harp. Broadway, Pop, Folk, Standards. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

1 Solo Harp - Grade 3

SKU: FL.FX073909

Composed by Pascal Proust. Original Composition. Classical, Educational. Solo Part. FLEX Editions #FX073909. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX073909).

A tender and nostalgic theme, a daydream in the moonlight... - Pascal PROUST ;

A piece to be played from 4 years of practice. ; Instruments: 1 Solo Harp; Difficuly Level: Grade 3.

1 Solo Harp - Grade 4

SKU: FL.FX073669

Composed by Max Mereaux. Original Composition. Classical, Educational. Score and Set of Parts. 5 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 55 seconds. FLEX Editions #FX073669. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX073669).

This composition on exotic modes is an invitation to a journey to an imaginary place. - Max MEREAUX ; A piece that can be played from 7 years of Harp practice ; Instruments: 1 Solo Harp; Difficuly Level: Grade 4.

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.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.

1 Solo Harp - Grade 2

SKU: FL.FX074138

Composed by Pascal Proust. Original Composition. Classical, Educational. Solo Part. FLEX Editions #FX074138. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX074138).

Two minutes of meditation at the water's edge for young harpists... - Pascal PROUST ;

A piece to be played from 2 years of practice. ; Instruments: 1 Solo Harp; Difficuly Level: Grade 2.

Folk Harp; Harp

SKU: HL.151332

Arranged for Harp by Sylvia Woods. Composed by James Ford Murphy. Arranged by Sylvia Woods. Harp. Children, Disney, Movies. Softcover. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.151332).

ISBN 9781495046179. UPC: 888680088941. 8.5x11.0x0.067 inches.

For lever harp players and pedal harp players. Includes lyrics and playing notes from the arranger. Lava is a short film that was released and shown with the Disney-Pixar movie Inside Out. It is the story of a volcano who has waited millions of years for his one true lava. This songs, which tells the story throughout the short, was written by the film's director.

By Christina Perri. Arranged by Sylvia Woods. For Harp. Harp. Softcover. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

1 Solo Harp - Grade 2

SKU: FL.FX073040

Composed by Pascal Proust. Original Composition. Classical, Educational. Solo Part. Duration 1 minute, 35 seconds. FLEX Editions #FX073040. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX073040).

A short piece for very young harpists, for a hearing or a exam from the second year of practice... (for celtic harp) - Pascal PROUST ; Instruments: 1 Solo Harp; Difficuly Level: Grade 2.

Flute, Clarinet, Cello, 2 Harp

SKU: CA.1605109

Composed by Wolfram Buchenberg. Church year: Christmas. German title: Dances and movements 5. Set of Orchestra Parts. 64 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 16.051/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1605109).

Language: all languages.

Score available separately - see item CA.1605100.

Flute, Clarinet, Cello, 2 Harp

SKU: CA.1605100

Composed by Wolfram Buchenberg. This edition: Paperbound. Church year: Christmas. German title: Dances and movements. Full score. Carus Verlag #CV 16.051/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1605100).

ISBN 9790007059637. Language: all languages.

Flute, Clarinet, Cello, 2 Harp

SKU: CA.1605200

Composed by Wolfram Buchenberg. This edition: Paperbound. Church year: Christmas. German title: Zwiefacher. Full score. 32 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 16.052/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1605200).

ISBN 9790007074333. Language: all languages.

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. .