favorite pedal harp piece

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June 13, 2008 at 3:10 pm #111054

Jerusha Amado
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Hi everyone!

What is one of your favorite pedal harp pieces and why?

Jerusha

June 13, 2008 at 4:16 pm #111055

unknown-user
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I hope this won’t count as cheating since I would be 93 before I’d ever be able to play it, but the c# minor Impromptu by Reinhold that Basel Sara has been posting about on another thread sure would be a nifty encore piece, and it sounds as though it would be great fun to play.

I think we’ve pretty much settled on the fact that it was written for piano, but to my ear, it sounds better on harp than it would on piano, and here’s the best part, you can download it and print it free. The copywrite on the music appears to be 1896 or’98, so anyone who wants it can take it legally.

I posted the URL in the Professional Harpists voume. Give it a look and see what you think!

June 13, 2008 at 5:17 pm #111056

Jerusha Amado
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Hi Ann,

It looks like a difficult piece.

June 13, 2008 at 11:23 pm #111057

unknown-user
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Hi there Jerusha,Casella Harp Sonata is on the top!!!

June 14, 2008 at 1:02 am #111058

carl-swanson
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My favorites change over time, but recently(within the past year) I’ve fallen in love with the Pierne Concertstucke, particularly as played by Lily Laskine. If I ever get back to playing again, I want to learn it.

June 14, 2008 at 2:38 am #111059

Jerusha Amado
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One of my favorite pieces is Spohr’s “Fantasia, Op. 35”.

June 14, 2008 at 4:08 am #111060

john-strand
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Liszt – “Un Sospiro” – some of the chord progressions touch me deeply –

Renie – “Legende” – I love the melodies near the end –

Grandjany – “Sonata in a Classic Style” the version with strings – such a totally

June 14, 2008 at 6:21 am #111061

Jerusha Amado
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John,

That’s o.k.

June 14, 2008 at 8:02 am #111062

leonard-lim
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That’s got to be Variations on a Theme in the Ancient Style by Salzedo.

June 14, 2008 at 3:44 pm #111063

Jerusha Amado
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Leonard,

I wanted to learn “Etude de Concert in E flat minor, op. 193” by Godefroid when I was first starting out.

June 15, 2008 at 12:15 am #111064

Fairy Reel
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I really love “Spring on the Moonlit River” (as played by Dan Yu), but Carol McLaughlin’s “Danse de le Sylphes” (or something to that effect, I lost the cd box) really takes the cake. It is so amazingly played.

June 15, 2008 at 3:49 am #111065

john-strand
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ooppssss – make that “Aria “

June 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm #111066

Jerusha Amado
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Fairy,

I can’t find any CD’s of Carol’s that feature classical music.

June 15, 2008 at 6:09 pm #111067

rod-anderson
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Hi Jerusha – how are you?

June 15, 2008 at 7:37 pm #111068

Jerusha Amado
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Hi Rod!

I was thinking of you when I mentioned in this thread that I love that Tournier piece.
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