Harp

SKU: HL.234540

Harp Solo. Composed by John Luther Adams. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2017. 14 pages. Chester Music #CH86295. Published by Chester Music (HL.234540).

9.0x12.0x0.09 inches. English.

'This set of miniatures is based on traditional dance songs of the Yupik Eskimo people of Western Alaska. In their original forms, these melodies would be sung in unison. The first, third and fifth songs would be accompanied by frame drums. The second and fourth are game songs, for jumping rope and juggling pebbles. Aside from the obvious difference in instrumentation, my settings of these songs differ from the Yup'ik originals in other respects. I have extended and varied the melodies, and added countermelodies, ostinato figurations, introductions, interludes and codas. The first four melodies are drawn from the collection Yup'ik Eskimo songs, compiled by Thomas F. Johnston, and Tupou L. Pulu, and published by the University Of Alaska. The fifth was 'loaned' to me by Yup'ik singer and dancer Chuna McIntyre, who learned it in his village of Eek, Alaska. The poems preceding each piece are rough translations of the words to the songs. These verses are often cryptic and enigmatic. Their obscurity is increased because some of the words or their meanings have been lost, over time.' - John Luther Adams.

Harp

SKU: HL.14043600

Harp. Composed by Simon Holt. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. 12 pages. Chester Music #CH82940. Published by Chester Music (HL.14043600).

9.0x12.0x0.058 inches.

Simon Holt 's the man in the wind and the west moon was composed for Solo Harp in 2013, having been commissioned by The Tanza Trust. The piece takes its title from a line in a Dylan Thomas poem named 'And death shall have no dominion'. The four sections of the work see shifting harmonies throughout, with the first section repeating but also changing ever so subtly. The unique thing about the piece is that each section is dynamically different, but is left open to interpretation by the player.  The man in the wind and the west moon  was   first performed on the 2nd of June 2014 at Milton Court Concert Hall in London by Alex Rider. The piece lasts around 7minutes, and the bottom C and D strings should be tuned to C# and D# respectively.

Early Music for the Harp arranged by Deborah Friou. For Harp, Folk Harp. Harp. 80 pages. Hal Leonard #9936661038. Published by Hal Leonard

Fantasia on the Rondo from the Piano Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged for harp by Ekaterina Afanasieva (2015). Composed by Fazil Say. Arranged by Ekaterina Afanasieva. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Der Finalsatz der Sonate A-Dur KV 331 von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, das Rondo Alla Turca, ist eines der bekanntesten Klavierstucke uberhaupt. An diese Popularitat knupft das als effektvolle Zugabe entstandene Stuck von Faz?l Say in der Bearbeitung fur Harf. Classical. Single sheet. Composed 1993. Op. 5b. 8 pages. Duration 4'. Schott Music #ED22797. Published by Schott Music

Harp Solo. Performed by Sylvia Woods. By Various. Arranged by Sylvia Woods. Harp. Size 8.5x11 inches. 96 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Harp

SKU: HF.FH-7040

Richard Wagner. Edited by Gerlach. Arranged by Gerlach. Sheet music. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag #FH 7040. Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (HF.FH-7040).

ISBN 9790203470403. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.

1. Tristan und Isolde; 2. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

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: HF.FH-7039

Richard Wagner. Edited by Gerlach. Arranged by Gerlach. Sheet music. Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag #FH 7039. Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (HF.FH-7039).

ISBN 9790203470397. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.

1. Der fliegende Hollander, romantische Oper; 2. Tannhauser, grosse romantische Oper; 3. Lohengrin, romantische Oper.