Harp Quartet Rep

[Julia Marie Schorn]

Hello- there is a chamber music class at my University and we would like to do a harp quartet but the professor doesn’t want arrangements of pieces for 4 harps but rather original chamber music. The only thing that comes to mind is “Venezolana” for 5 harps. Can anyone think of original chamber music for pedal harp ensemble? Thank you!

[Tacye]

Do you know the 4 girls 4 harps ensemble? Some of the original music they play is available if you follow links from their shop webpage. http://4girls4harps.com/ There is also a quartet repertoise list with some original pieces here http://chicagoharpquartet.com/repertoire/

[Gretchen Cover]

Check http://www.harpcolumnmusic.com and the other harp music sites. Also check youtube.

[Gretchen Cover]

I remember that “Musings” by Marguerite Lynn Williams is available from http://www.harpcolumnmusic.com. You can hear it on the Chicago Harp Quartet CD.

Also, “Rhythm Song” by Erin Freund. That score and sound clip is also on Harp Column Music.

[MusikFind1]

Research by MusikFind1. Some titles to add to the above posts.

Harriet Adie
Sun, Moon and Stars – A Middle Eastern Sky (2004)
Elemental (2012)
http://harrietadie.com/harp-quartet

Bernard Andrès
A fresca : quatuor de harpes
1 score (15 pages) + 4 parts ; 31 cm
Publisher: Paris : International Music Diffusion, ©1988.

Bernard Andrès
La Ragazza (2-4 harps)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Andantino,
Larghetto-Allegretto,
Allegro Moderato-Allegretto,
Moderato.
Suitable for: Lever Or Pedal Harp
http://www.harp.com

Bartholomée, Pierre (1937)
Catalogues
For 4 harps
Work recorded but title not listed on his website.
Le Quatuor de harpes Mireille Flour [sound recording].
33 1/3 lp Created: Brussels : Alpha, DB 158 [197-?]
Pierre Bartholomée
26A rue Haute
B-1340 Ottignies, Belgique
Tel./Fax : +32 10 45 31 25
E-mail : fpbartho [at] skynet.be
Publisher?

Carl Van Buskirk
Suite, harp quartet
1 score (18 pages) ; 44 cm + 4 parts ; 36 cm
Contents: Processional for a sedate company —
Gossamer —
Lullaby for an insomniac —
Harps in a dancing mood.
Publisher: [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana Music Center, [1975?]

Sebastiano Cognolato
D’erba : per quattro arpe
1 score (14 pages) + 4 parts ; 30 cm
Publisher: Milano : Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, ©2000.

Jan Hanuš
Introduction & toccata “nymph and Pan” for four harps
Publisher: Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Joshua Corp., ©1976.

Meinir Heulyn
Rhosys : i bedwarawd telyn = Roses :
For 4 harps.
“Especially written for the Summer Harp Festival at the National Botanic Garden, Llanarthne, Wales, August 2010”.
Incorporating the melodies of “Ar lan y môr” (By the sea), “Mil harddach wyt na’r rhosyn gwyn” (You are a thousand times more beautiful than a white rose), and “Rhosyn Tralee” (The rose of Tralee).
1 score (6 pages) + 4 parts ; 30 cm
Publisher: Pontypridd : Alaw, ©2010

Illiashenko, André. (Moscow 1884 – Brussels 1954 )
Miniatures.
4 harps. [arrangement?]
Le Quatuor de harpes Mireille Flour [sound recording].
33 1/3 lp Created: Brussels : Alpha, DB 158[197-?]
Same composer? http://www.musicarussica.com/composers/andrei-ilyashenko

Julia Kay Jamieson
One Time Around
“solar power” sizzles with jazz rhythms; “falling down” borrows a little style from Pink Floyd; “snow ambling” has a quiet, “Gymnopedie” feel; and “buds” borrows melodies and rhythms from the “Rite of Spring” and “Morning Mood” while keeping in a ska style.”
http://harpcolumnmusic.com/?product=one-time-around

Louis Marischal (Antwerp 1928 , Paris 1999)
Harpophonie en quatre
4 harps [sic?]
[listed in his catalog as Harpophonie en Quatre for 3 harps]
Pub: Billaudot
Le Quatuor de harpes Mireille Flour [sound recording].
33 1/3 lp Created: Brussels : Alpha, DB 158[197-?]

Paul Patterson
Avian arabesques : for four harps
1 score (32 pages) ; 31 cm 4 parts ; 31 cm
Contents: I. The hovering falcon —
II. Legend of the anka —
III. Flight of the phoenix.
Duration: approximately 14:00.
Publisher: London : Josef Weinberger, © 2012

Bernard Schulé
Diptychon : pour quatre harpes : [op. 183]
1 score (31 pages) + 4 parts ; 31 cm
Publisher: Adliswil (Albisstr. 57) : Pizzicato-Verlag Helvetia, ©1999.

Roberto Solci (1962-)
Le muse danzanti : 3 divertimenti in forma di passacaglia “Ba-rok” : per 4 arpe (1998)
1 score (58 pages) + 4 parts ; 30 cm.
Contents: La musa Polimnia —
La musa Calliope —
La musa Tersicore.
Publisher: Bologna : Ut Orpheus, ©2001

Eleanor Turner
Ice Cream Days for 4 Harps
Ice Cream Days for 4 Harps – DOWNLOAD

John Wickey
Obelisk
Original composition, 4 pedal harps.
“In the temple of Anubis”
“Ra spoke their secret names…”
“The Eye of Horus”
Program note and ordering information:
http://harpcolumnmusic.com/?product=obelisk

[Julia Marie Schorn]

Thank you very much everyone!!

[Emily Granger]

Hi Julia!

How exciting! 2 of these below have been mentioned but I’ve included a little more info. Let me know if you have any more questions about any of this repertoire!

Paul Patterson’s Avian Arabesques
Great piece but the 3rd movement is extremely difficult to get together.

Margurite Lynn William’s Musings – really fun but still challenging to line up all the 16ths end of the first movement.

We have videos of the Patterson and Musings up on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChicagoHarpQuartet/videos

Also check out Hariete Adie’s Elemntal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVNjjcOQynM

Bruce Broughton’s Dancing for love, Dancing for the Gods http://www.brucebroughton.com/news_events/news_events.html

[patricia-jaeger]

Tibor Serly (1901-1978) composed “Chorale in 3 Harps. Lyra Music company published it in 1967 and now the Lyra Music items are distributed by Vanderbilt Music Company Inc. in Bloomington, Indiana. 68 measures. A concert for 4 harps might sometimes include a work for three or fewer harps, for variety.

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