Harp and Violin Duets

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This topic has 11 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 6 months ago by patricia-jaeger.

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August 16, 2014 at 3:16 pm #143470

Hannah White
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Hello fellow harpists!

I was wondering if anyone had repertoire ideas for early-late advanced harp and violin duets. I’ve performed: Fantasie/Saint Saens, Melodie/Gluck, Meditation/Massanet, Entract/ Ibert, Duo/Izmaylov, Olga (Ladies in Lavender)/Hess and 2 Romances by Tournier, and I own the Kikta Sonata.

August 16, 2014 at 3:21 pm #143471

Gretchen Cover
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I’ve been through a lot of music trying to find harp and viola pieces. In my music drawer I found Berceuse op. 299 by Karl Oberthur. It has a great harp part. There is a beautifully played clip on youtube.

August 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm #143472

Hannah White
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Gretchen,
Thanks for the title! I found it on youtube; very pretty.

August 16, 2014 at 6:26 pm #143474

Gretchen Cover
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Also meant to suggest: Larghetto and Allegro for Violin and Harp by Gaetanio Donizetti and Sonata for Violin & Harp by Louis Spohr.

I’m not sure if this is still published – but available on IMSLP – is Serenade by L.M Tedeschi. The harp part is not difficult.

August 16, 2014 at 9:54 pm #143475

Hannah White
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Great, thanks again!

August 18, 2014 at 6:26 pm #143502

Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
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I made an edition of Dvorak’s Song to the Moon from Rusalka that can be played on violin and harp. If you email me, I can send it to you.

September 24, 2014 at 10:49 am #144474

erin-wood
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I read through a duo by Marie-Martin Marin and I liked it very much. It is composed by a harpist and works well except for one tricky passage. It was at the music library, so not sure where it would be available. Also Rossini Andante con variazioni is nice.

September 24, 2014 at 10:59 am #144475

erin-wood
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Also, these are the harp/violin duos available on imslp:
http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:For_harp%2C_violin&transclude=Template:Catintro

September 25, 2014 at 11:20 pm #144492

paul-knoke
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There are the Lorenz sonatas for harp and violin; quite lovely. They’re available in modern editions here:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=parker+lorenz&type=

October 8, 2014 at 9:34 pm #144659

Hannah White
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Paul and Erin,
Thank you for the links!

Hannah

October 9, 2014 at 10:37 am #144663

kirk-kupensky
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Hannah–look into the Duo as well as the Larghetto for vln/harp by 19th c. Latvian composer Nicolai von Wilm. Both pieces are extremely well written for both instruments and have a bold, Slavic character. There are several YouTube videos of these works by European harpists. I play the Duo with a cellist and it never fails to bring the house down! Sheet music is available on the BYU Harp Archive.

October 9, 2014 at 3:16 pm #144671

patricia-jaeger
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Hannah, In 1993 at the World Harp Congress event in Copenhagen, a harp-and-flute duo performed the Sonata Opus 135 by Erkki Melartin (Finland, 1875-1937) and its beauty was so immediately apparent I ordered it when I returned to the U.S. from International Music Services (now distributed by Vanderbilt Music Inc.) in Indiana. It is wonderful for violin and harp and I have performed it on violin with another harpist (I am professional on both instruments).

Another suggestion is a tango by Carlos Gardel (d. 1925) that was used in several movies such as the Hollywood one “The Scent of a Woman” starring Al Pacino. I arranged it for violin accompanied by harp and Por Una Cabeza can be ordered ($5.) from Vanderbilt Music and other harp music specialist dealers in England, Germany, and Australia.
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