Sheet music for the beginning pedal harpist with music from different style periods, for example Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Couperin and Brahms. Many well-known melodies are pleasantly arranged for harp. 39 pages.

Niveau: Intermediate    Harp Type: Pedal harp

 

 

Ondertiteld "Basis oefeningen met illustraties en technische uitleg" Dit boek is een inleiding en aanvulling op Salzedo's moderne studie van de harp. De eerste 44 pagina's zijn een geschreven inleiding (zowel in het Engels als in het Frans) met korte oefeningen over de juiste positie van de handen, speeltechniek en oefensuggesties met gidsen voor stemmen en besnaren. De volgende 15 preludes voor beginnende

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This is a compendium of fingernail techniques, with 100 exercises, studies and arrangements to encourage players and students to learn and use the gestures from the Robert ap Huw manuscript, along with a few other useful ones.

This book will also be of interest to anyone who is intrigued with the music of the Robert ap Huw manuscript, as each of the gestures on p35 of the manuscript are explained and

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John Thomas was the eldest of seven children, four of whom became harpists. His father, also named John Thomas, was a tailor by trade, but he was a good amateur musician who played clarinet in the town band. Little John wanted to play the harp and an old one was obtained for him. This was a Welsh triple harp and John Thomas was playing it in traditional style (with his left hand playing the treble and his right hand...

Collected transcriptions by Grandjany. Intermediate-Advanced. 

Francisque, Anthoine: Pavane et Bransles (from "Le Trésir d'Orphée")
Kirchoff, Gottfried: Aria and Rigaudon
Handel, George Frideric: Prelude and Toccata
Handel, George Frideric: Saraband
Bull, John: The King's Hunt (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)

Handel for the Harp is a new collection of some of George Frideric Handel's most popular and requested pieces, made accessible for lever or pedal harp by Rhett Barnwell. This collection is invaluable for weddings, worship and concert use, as it contains pieces such as the "Air" and "Hornpipe" from the Water Music, the famous "Largo" from Xerxes (in two versions), two selections from the Messiah, and more. There

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Spanish music. Arranged for harp by Susann McDonald and Linda Wood Rollo. Advanced level. 23 pages.

Titles: Noctorne - Gustave Pittaluga, Oñazez! / Dolor - P.J.A. Donastia, Cordoba - Isaac Albeniz, Serenade - Oscar Fernandez.

This Suite of short and contrasted preludes can be performed consecutively or separately.
These pieces can also be used as useful studies of medium difficulty.

The score contains separate versions for Pedal Harp and Lever Harp as well as suggestions for division to enable performance by a Harp Ensemble.

I. The Rain Forest
This prelude evokes the continuous watery mist sparkling gently

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This wonderful book contains a variety of songs and dances originally written in the the twelfth through to the sixteenth centuries which have been arranged for the harp. The majority of the pieces have been drawn from the medieval period, and often existed in their original form as melody line only. All of the pieces in this book are playable on the folk harp. A few do have accidentals which require lever

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This wonderful book contains more than 20 popular dances and airs of the Renaissance period, arranged for the harp by Deborah Friou. Most of the pieces were written in the 1500's and were originally intended for keyboard, lute, or voice. They were written by well-known composers of the time such as Morely, Byrd, and Dowland. The pieces vary in difficulty from easy intermediate to advanced and include fingerings.

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