SKU: FG.55011-912-3
ISBN 9790550119123.
Luonnonjumala (God of Nature) is Tauno Marttinen’s adaption for harp of his piano suite Taara op. 34. The manuscript for harp was found in January 2024 by Rauno Marttinen, composer’s son.Duration: c. 15’Movements:1. Virran ääniä | The Voices of the Stream2. Luonnonjumalan lähde | The Spring of God of Nature3. Metsässä tuulee |The Wind Blows through the ForestTauno Marttinen (1912–2008) studied in Viipuri and later in Helsinki at the Helsinki Conservatoire. His piano teachers were Ilmari Hannikainen and Selim Palmgren, but he soon became increasingly interested in composing. Marttinen was also the conductor of the Hämeenlinna City Orchestra in 1949−1958 and the founder and principal of the Hämeenlinna Music Institute.Marttinen started his composing career in late Romantic vein. However, his first concerts in the 1940s met with criticism since the winds of Modernism had already landed in Finland. He then became interested in Dodecaphony and studied under Vladimir Vogel in Ascona but later abandoned strict dodecaphony and found his own, personal style incorporating elements from Neo-classicism and free-tonality with a hint of mysticism – he was called the Shaman of Hämeenlinna (his hometown).Tauno Marttinen was an incredibly productive composer; he wrote around four hundred works with opus numbers as well as a wealth of other pieces. His oeuvre includes 10 symphonies, concertos for various solo instruments, operas as well as vocal, chamber and instrumental works. Many of Marttinen’s pieces have become popular standard repertoire, such as the piano piece Kimalluksia (Gleams).
SKU: FG.55011-911-6
ISBN 9790550119116.
Piano reduction for Einojuhani Rautavaara's Concerto for harp and orchestra (2000) available for the first time (2024)! This product includes also the solo part edited by Kalen Smith.The composer tells about the three-movement work: The concerto is in three movements. After the orchestral introduction, the harp leads into a gradually thickening texture that progresses into a series of powerful culminations. Once these subside, the expansive motifs of the introduction return. The solo is echoed by two harps in the orchestra: I wanted the magnificent sound to be multiplied. The simple melody in the second movement is coloured in a very archaic way by the orchestra; we might imagine the performance of a troubadour or a bard in ancient times. The finale is festive, 'solenne'. It presents the combined sonority of the three harps at its most colourful and melodic.Duration: 23'Orchestra: 2222-4220-12-2hp-str (performance material is available for hire from the publisher).The study score is available for sale (M042091586).Einojuhani Rautavaara (9. October 1928 � 27. July 2016) is internationally one of the best known and most frequently performed Finnish composers. He was by nature a romantic, even a mystic, as is often apparent from the titles of his works: for example Angels and Visitations for orchestra or his double-bass concerto Angel of Dusk. Despite Rautavaara�s label of mysticism he was a complex and contradictory figure whose works cannot be categorized in stylistic terms.
SKU: FG.55011-820-1
ISBN 9790550118201.
Lotta Wennäkoski composed her harp concerto Sigla in 2022. In Segla (2022) for solo harp the concerto’s material is reorganized and developed further. The title means “to sail in Swedish. At the times, the music gently sways on the waves – one might hear some spindrifts as well.Duration: 4'. This product is a B4 sized folder with loose pages.Segla was written for the Royal Academy of Music as a part of the bicentenary project. Premiere by Huw Boucher 17th November 2022, Royal Academy of Music, London.
SKU: FG.55011-885-0
Whizzing, growling and rattling – you can produce all kinds of sounds with the harp, not just the fairy-tale shimmer and glissandos that you first think of. Lotta Wennäkoski composed Sigla for harp and orchestra (2021-2022) in close collaboration with the harpist Sivan Magen, to whom the concerto is dedicated. The title of the concerto, Sigla, has different meanings in different languages. In Italian, it means a jingle; in Icelandic, it means sailing; and in Tagalog, spoken in the Philippines, it means vivaciousness or enthusiasm. Wennäkoski has not specifically referenced these in the movements of the concerto as such, but she does allow that the various meanings of the word may be identified with the music according to the listener’s perception.The recording of the work (Ondine ODE1420-2) was premiered with the Gramophone award as the the best release in the contemporary category in October 2023.This product is the solo part.The orchestral material is available for hire from the publisher.Duration: 19'Instrumentation:Harp solo – equipped with paint brush, tuning key and a plastic hair clip2 Flutes (2nd doubling piccolo)2 Oboes2 Clarinets in Bb2 Bassoons2 Horns in F2 Trumpets in C – trumpets and trombone doubling an egg slicerBass trombone attached to a piece of wood or a flat cardboard boxPercussion (2 players)Percussion I: crotales, vibraphone, 5 gongs (a#, bn, c’, e’, f’), bass drum, cymbal, guiro, bell tree, shell chimes, whip, lion’s roar and different beaters including a bow, superball stck and wire brushesPercussion II: tam-tam, cymbal, snare drum, 2 cowbells, 2 temple blocks (med/lg), triangle (small/med), vibraslap and different beaters including a bow, wire brushes and superball stickPiano – equipped with a plectrum, wire brushes and 2 soft percussion beatersStrings.
SKU: 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.
SKU: FG.55011-490-6
ISBN 9790550114906.
SKU: 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..
SKU: HL.48182082
UPC: 888680847784. 10.5x13.5x0.055 inches.
Eugene Goossens: Two Ballades (Harp Solo).
SKU: HF.FH-1063
ISBN 9790203410638. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.
Notenbeispiele aus: 1. Orfeo (Monteverdi); 2. Kantate (Zachow); 3. Julius Caesar (Handel); 4. Orpheus (Gluck); 5. Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (Beethoven); 6. Die weisse Dame (Boieldieu); 7. Der Nordstern (Meyerbeer); 8. Otello (Rossini); 9. Don Pasquale (Donizetti); 10. Norma (Bellini); 11. Wenn ich Konig war (Adam); 12. Fausts Verdammnis (Berlioz); 13. Symphonie phantastique (Berlioz); 14. Aufforderung zum Tanz (Berlioz); 15. Jota aragonesa (Glinka); 16. Athalia (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy); 17. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai); 18. Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann); 19. Des Sangers Fluch (Schumann); 20. Szenen aus Faus (Schumann); 21. Orpheus (Liszt); 22. Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth (Liszt); 23. Des Preludes (Liszt); 24. Dante-Symphonie (Liszt); 25. Mignon (Thomas); 26. Martha (Flotow); 27. Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Wagner); 28. Der fliegende Hollander (Wagner); 29. Tannhauser oder Der Sangerkrieg auf Wartburg (Wagner); 30. Lohengrin (Wagner); 31. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner); 32. Das Rheingold (Wagner); 33. Die Walkure (Wagner); 34. Siegfried (Wagner); 35. Gotterdammerung (Wagner); 36. Ein Maskenball (Verdi); 37. Stabat mater (Verdi); 38. Der Troubadour (Verdi); 39. Aida (Verdi); 40. Die Macht des Schicksals (Verdi); 41. Don Carlos (Verdi); 42. Margarethe (Gounod); 43. Ballettmusik (Gounod); 44. Hoffmanns Erzahlungen (Offenbach); 45. Symphonie Nr. I (Franck); 46. Namouna (Lalo); 47. Vysehrad (Smetana); 48. Symphonie Nr. VIII (Bruckner); 49. An der schonen blauen Donau (Strauss); 50. Fruhlingsstimmen-Walzer (Strauss); 51. Kaiserwalzer (Strauss); 52. Gesange fur Frauenchor (Brahms); 53. Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms); 54. Nanie (Brahms); 55. Furst Igor (Borodin); 56. Coppelia-Suite (Delibes); 57. L'Arlesienne-Suite I (Bizet); 58. Carmen (Bizet); 59. L'Arlesienne-Suite II (Bizet); 60. Die Perlenfischer (Bizet); 61. Schwanensee (Tschaikowski); 62. Nussknacker-Suite (Tschaikowski); 63. Dornroschen (Tschaikowski); 64. Manfred-Symphonie (Tschaikowski); 65. Eugen Onegin (Tschaikowski); 66. Espana (Chabrier); 67. Boris Godunow (Mussorgski / Rimski-Korssakow); 68. Sonnenwendnacht (Rimski-Korssakow); 69. Russische Ostern (Rimski-Korssakow); 70. Mlada (Rimski-Korssakow); 71. Scheherezade (Rimski-Korssakow); 72. Zar Saltan (Rimski-Korssakow).
SKU: HL.48186716
UPC: 888680886509. 9.0x12.0x0.055 inches.
Chaconne.
SKU: SU.50023550
Copyright 1983. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: SU.50025500
Copyright 1971. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: 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.However, 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 ProvinÂces 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..
SKU: HL.131541
ISBN 9780936661667. UPC: 888680025564. 8.5x11.0x0.031 inches.
Say Something is an original song by the American duo A Great Big World. The lyrics are about letting go when a relationship ends. It became an international hit when Christina Aguilera joined A Great Big World on a re-recorded version in 2013. Sylvia Woods has made a 4-page advanced beginner to intermediate arrangement, playable on either lever or pedal harp. This music features a pedal point (also called a pedal note or pedal tone), which is a sustained or continually repeated note that is held constant while harmonies change in other parts. A pedal point is usually found in the bass, but here it is in the middle register. Virtually every measure includes a middle C note on the downbeat. Sometimes it is played with the right hand, and at other times with the left. But it is almost always there. This pedal point harmony is what originally drew me into this beautiful piece of music the first time I heard it on the radio. The music is in the key of C, and no sharping levers are required, as there are no lever changes. Fingerings, lyrics and chord symbols are included. The harp range required is 24 strings from a low C up to an E. It can be played on 24-string to 26-string harps with a C as the lowest string if you play both hands an octave higher than written.
SKU: HL.48187550
UPC: 888680850388. 9.0x12.5x0.112 inches.
“Christmas Pastoral by André Jolivet is a piece for Flute, Bassoon and the Harp lasting nearly 13 minutes. This piece is really gentle and restrained which demonstrates the quality of Jolivet?s work but also reflects that period of WWII when France was under occupation. These scores are of medium level of ability. Christmas Pastoral features four sections: L?étoile (the Star), Les Mages (the Wisemen), La Vierge et l?Enfant (the Virgin and the Child) and Entrée et Danse des Bergers (the Shepherds? dance). Each of these parts describes a part of the Christmas story, starting with the Flute and the Bassoon in a duet, followed by the entrance of the Harp to settle the first part. The second section is quieter, expressing the walk in the desert. The Virgin and the Child is like a lullaby and the piece finishes on a joyful dance to express happiness and devotion. André Jolivet is a French composer who was really inspired by the Antiquity, and had a strong interest for atonality. He also wrote many chamber music pieces, eleven concertos, some orchestral and some vocal music.â€.
