SKU: HL.431600
ISBN 9781705163382. UPC: 196288064633. 9.0x12.0x0.234 inches.
Meticulously 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.
SKU: MB.97226M
ISBN 9780786695225. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Kim Robertson is one of Americas premier Celtic harp soloists. Her technique and range of expression are extraordinary as illustrated in this book containing the selections from her highly acclaimed CD Treasures of the Celtic Harp. The book contains all of the selections from Kim Robertsons Treasures of the Celtic Harp video except Sailors Hornpipe. Includes access to the online performance video.
SKU: PR.114408600
UPC: 680160013098.
SKU: 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.
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: 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.
SKU: HL.48180090
UPC: 888680795412. 9x12 inches.
“Variations on an Ancient Tune” by Carlos Salzedo is the third and final work of a series called Three Pieces'for Solo Pedal Harp. Difficult to play, it requires good mastering of the instrument and of its technique, including the pedals. Using the full range of the instrument, this work features numerous trills, glissandos and accidentals among other technicalities and is divided between really fast and more quiet parts. Really delightful, this melodious piece is composed of a main theme and eleven variations: Main Theme (Maestoso) is composed of chords I. A tempo, Graziamente II. Tempo di Bourrée III. Scherzando IV. L'Istesso tempo V. Maestoso VI. Vigorosamente VII. Molto piú lento VIII. Vivo risoluto IX. Lento, tempo di Barcaruola X. Como un preludio XI. Fuga Finishing on the main theme “A Tempo,” this wonderful work is an amazing piece to include in a concert or a recital. Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961) was a French harpist and composer who wrote and transcribed numerous pieces for the harp. He also wrote some pedagogical publications for harpists.
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.
