?Anthology? is a collection of fifty themes and melodies in a smart format developed by Ray Pool. It is in ?enhanced lead sheet? format that includes fully fingered melody lines, and in-depth liner notes, unlike traditional fake books. Conveniently indexed according to topic (folk, Celtic, children, hymns, spirituals, plainsong, Jewish, Christmas, opera, and classical), alphabet, and level so that no matter what, the harpist may always find his/her music. It includes four pages of basic chord progressions, and helpful performance notes. Perfect for the harpist of any type or level!
Includes: Air (?Water Music?), All Through the Night, Amazing Grace, Angels We Have Heard on High, Aura Lee, Away in a Manger, Barcarolle, Blest Be the Tie That Binds, Candle Blessing, Chanuka Chag Ya?fe, Cockles and Mussels, Creator of the Stars of Night, Down By the Salley Gardens, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Erev Shel Shoshanim, Fairest Lord Jesus, Hinnei Mah Tov, Humbly I Adore Thee, I Gave My Love a Cherry, I Know Where I?m Goin?, I?m a Little Teapot, Intermezzo, Jacob?s Ladder, Kum Ba Yah, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Let Us Break Bread Together, Loch Lomond, London Bridge, Lord, I Want To Be a Christian, Lullaby (Brahms), Morning, Musetta?s Song, O! mio babbino caro, Old Hundredth, Polovetzian Dance #1, Rondo in C (Clementi), Shalom Chaverim, Sheep May Safely Graze, Shenandoah, Silent Night, Sonata in C (Haydn), Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, The Farmer in the Dell, The Harp That Once, The King of Love, This Old Man, To a Wild Rose, Traumerei, Un bel di vedremo.

Everyone enjoys Celtic Folk Songs and Folk Hymns but not all realize that often they can be one and the same. A hymn text has often found its home in a folk song and a secular text sometimes finds a home in a hymn tune. This collection has a little of both. All but one of the tunes in this collection are of Celtic origin. The exception, ?Amazing Grace,? is a folk hymn of unknown origin that has all the markings of a Celtic Tune, including a pentatonic harmonic foundation.
For the harpists who also like to understand the history of a tune or even sing along, a variety of texts along with information about the tune and the lyrics can be found in the back of this book in the ?Notes on the Tunes.?

Titles: Ad Hyd y nos, Annie Laurie, Auld Lang Syne, Bunessan, Brother James' Air, Down By the Salley Gardens, Greensleeves, Iona Boat Song, Rorate (Rorate Coeli Desuper), Londonderry Air, New Britain, O Waly Waly, Slane, Scots W' Hae, The Ash Grove, Royal Oak, The Twenty-Ninth of May, St. Denio, Skye Boat Song, The Bard of Armagh, The Streets of Laredo, The Caledonian Hunt's Delight, St. Columba, The Road and the Miles to Dundee, The Rowan Tree, Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon

One of the nicest things about this book is that each song has a short but lovely introduction!

Twenty arrangements of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh folk songs and tunes for lever harp, with and without vocals. Eighteen of the arrangements are playable with slight or no modifications on small harps of 23 or more strings with an F to G range and levers on B, F, and C. Introductions are included in songs written for vocals. History of the tunes is found in the front of the book.
Table of Contents:
Down By the Salley Gardens, Gartan Mother's Lullaby, Southwind, Gentle Maiden, Separation of Soul and Body, Samradh Samradh, I Wish I had the Shepherd's Lamb, The Two William Davises, Jock O'Hazeldean, Scotland the Brave, Baloo Baleerie, Weaving Lilt, Ye Banks and Braes, Bells of Aberdovey, Queen's Marsh, and Suo Gân.

Delightful arrangements that will come in handy for that St. Patrick's Day program. Intermediate difficulty, compelling repertoire. Most of the tunes are in the key of G, a few in D, one in A, and one in F. There are a few lever changes here and there.

Table of Contents:
Ballydesmond Polka #2, Blackbird, Butterfly, Cuckoo's Nest, Flowers of Edinburgh, Katie's Rambles, Lanagan's Ball, Trip to Sligo, Leitrim Fancy, Maggie in the Woods, Mist on the Mountain, Nancy McDermott, O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick, Sally Gardens Reel, Sally in the Garden, Swallowtail Jig, Out on the Ocean, Ship in Full Sail.

Lower intermediate level, for lever or pedal harp. Keys of G, D, and F make this book accessible to harps with only B, C, and F levers. Les Poules Huppes is arranged for two harps. Kerry Polks and Rattlin' Bog Polka are written in lead-line form with accompaniment chords and a sample left hand pattern. Both songs can be strung together for a really nice medley.
Table of Contents: Beauty In Tears, The Belfast Hornpipe, Bunclody, The Butterfly, Danny Boy, Don Oiche Ud Im Beithil, Down By The Sallie Gardens, The Emigrant's, Farewell, The Gentle Swan, Joy Be With You, Knocknagow Jig, Les Poules Hupees, Polka, Rattlin'Bog Polka, Oft In The Stilly Night, The Rolling Waves, Women Of Ireland.

A rondo in classical style on the melody "country gardens" for lever or pedal harp or piano.

24 Folk Songs and Memories is a lovely book for you and your double-strung harp. All of the arrangements include chord symbols. The book varies from early intermediate to advanced intermediate, with most of the music falling somewhere in between.

The book includes \"All the Pretty Little Horses,\" \"All Through the Night,\" \"The Ash Grove,\" \"Barbara Allen,\" \"Bicycle Built For Two,\" \"Carolan\'s Dream,\" \"Cockles and Mussels,\" \"Down By the Sally Gardens,\" \"Down in the Valley,\" \"Flow Gently, Sweet Afton,\" \"Grandfather\'s Clock,\" \"Home On the Range,\" \"Home, Sweet Home,\" \"Loch Lomond,\" \"Londonderry Aire,\" \"Long, Long Ago,\" \"My Bonnie,\" \"Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be?\", \"Oh, Shendandoah,\" \"Red River Valley,\" \"Scarborough Fair,\" \"Simple Gifts,\" \"Streets of Laredo,\" and \"Sweet Betsy From Pike.\"

I have included five sample pages so you can see what the arrangements are like. The audio sample is \"Flow Gently, Sweet Afton.\" It was digitally produced.