Harp SKU: HL.14043600 Harp. Composed by Simon Holt. Music Sales Am...(+)
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.
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.128725 Arranged for Harp. Composed by Alain Boublil, ...(+)
Harp
SKU:
HL.128725
Arranged
for Harp. Composed by
Alain Boublil,
Claude-Michel Schô,
and nberg. Harp.
Broadway, Movies,
Musicals. Softcover. 4
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.128725).
ISBN 9780936661636.
UPC: 888680012588.
8.5x11.0x0.038
inches.
Castle on a
Cloud is sung by the
child Cosette in Les
Miserables. It is a
hopeful song of her
imaginary world where
life is beautiful, and
she is not subjected to
the drudgery of her hard
existence. Sylvia Woods
has arranged this lilting
song for lever or pedal
harp. There are 7 lever
changes in the piece, so
it is for lower
intermediate to
intermediate level
players. Fingerings and
lyrics are included, as
well as lever and pedal
changes. Two, 2-page
versions are included:
one for lever harps tuned
to C, and the other for
lever harps tuned to
flats. Pedal harpists can
play either version. The
arrangement for lever
harps tuned to C is in
the key of D (2 sharps),
with A and C lever
changes needed. The
arrangement for lever
harps tuned to flats is
in the key of C, with B
and G lever changes
needed. Either version
may be played on most
small harps with about 26
strings if you play
everything an octave
higher than written.
There are special
instructions in the
introduction telling you
what you'll need to
change if you have a
small harp.