Harp Feature with Concert Band or Large Wind Ensemble

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January 11, 2010 at 9:17 pm #61309

Greg Passmore
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Hello!
I am asking anyone if they know any composition featuring the harp (I assume pedal-orchestra style) with concert band or large wind ensemble accompaniment….nothing with strings.

I know a school music teacher that would love to feature a harpist as a soloist with their band, if such a composition is available in sheet music form.

Please contact Greg at vanbandmusic@long-mcquade.com
Many Thanks!
Greg

January 12, 2010 at 5:33 pm #61310

m-l-mcneel
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Greg,

“Nocturne for Harp” by Clare Grundman.

January 12, 2010 at 8:02 pm #61311

patricia-jaeger
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La Rougette (available for band) by David Bennett, $12.00, is listed

January 12, 2010 at 11:33 pm #61312

phyllis-adams
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I would contact the US Air Force Band at Bolling AFB in Washington, DC.

January 13, 2010 at 5:24 pm #61313

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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William McKinley wrote such a piece and there is a Concerto by Rudajev. There are possibly many pieces if you look in a library and publishers catalogs.

January 16, 2010 at 10:16 pm #61314

Fairy Reel
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Hey,

I’m going to sound crazy, but last year I played a Sousa march with a Wind Ensemble, “Easter Morning on the White House Lawn”. The part is for harp or piano, and while the harp isn’t very prominently featured, it’s a nice piece. Standard Wind Ensemble affair.

Hope this helps!

January 17, 2010 at 12:46 am #61315

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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It’s not a band, but Salzedo’s Concerto for Harp and Seven Winds is a humdinger of a piece.

March 27, 2013 at 4:51 pm #61316

MusikFind1
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Harp Feature with Concert Band.

A chart with details can be accessed at
http://www.orchestralibrary.com/Nieweg%20Charts/HarpandBand.pdf

List of 21 works for Harp with winds. 10 works are for Harp Solo with Concert Band or Wind Ensemble.

This Nieweg Chart was created in 2011. There are other titles published but I will not have time to do the research for those until summer 2013.
cfn

March 27, 2013 at 5:10 pm #61317

kay-lister
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Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song is really nice. You can pull it up and give it a listen on Youtube. You might have to jump around a bit to find the groups that actually have the harp playing with them. I think some use a keyboard for harp parts. I just did this last month myself.

Kay

March 27, 2013 at 6:56 pm #61318

kreig-kitts
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Michael Daugherty’s “Niagara Falls” has a prominent harp part and might even be a harp feature piece, though not quite a solo piece. The harp part isn’t technically difficult, though the piece is rhythmically challenging for all involved, and counting the rests and getting the entrances right is hard. It would be quite difficult for many high school bands due to the rhythms (it’s classified Grade 6).
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