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In the past it was standard practice for all the concerts (and I believe the workshops, too) to be recorded for archival purposes and the recordings were available for loan from the AHS archives, much like a library. I remember getting a list of available recordings years ago and borrowed an audio tape of Dorothy Remsen giving a presentation about playing in a recording studio. I don’t know if visual recordings are available. I know highlights of one of the pop/jazz festivals were sold in DVD format because a friend gave me one. It does take some time after the conference to get all that stuff edited so it may be a while before they are available.
I think this link will take you to the answers in an earlier discussion on this same forum (“Coffee Break”). If it doesn’t work, search this site for “Gilmore Girls.”
http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message%5fid=161798
I just checked. The CD is at http://www.harp.com
You should get a CD with all these pieces on it performed by one of Salzedo’s greatest students. It’s called “A Harp Recital by Lucile Lawrence” and it’s a special commemorative release. I believe I got mine from Sylvia Woods Harp Center. It also has several other important pieces by Salzedo which your teacher will probably assign. Always helpful to hear pieces played as the composer intended.
The “Five Preludes for Harp Alone” by Salzedo are Quietude, Iridescence, Introspection, Whirlwind and Lamentation.
Check with Vanderbilt Music. Most of the people who answer the phone there are harpists and will know what you’re talking about. I’ve seen them in pink covers but they were sold separately. I saw only two of them listed in the new music catalog from Lyon & Healy that just arrived.
If you play pedal harp, you can buy the book of piano music from the show and play “I Dreamed a Dream” directly as written.
If you mean the TV show with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, the theme music is “The First Time I Loved Forever.” It was published as piano sheet music. There is a little tricky pedaling but it is playable on harp pretty much as written.
Yes, that’s the one. It was an interesting concept but I wasn’t surprised that it didn’t catch on. It made me think of that warning label on appliances and home electronics: “No user serviceable parts inside!”
This sounds like the new mechanism in self-tuning guitars. No offense intended, but this proposal sounds like it would cause more problems than it would solve. If you don’t want pedals, there are (or have been) lever harps that have seven levers on the neck or column that serve the same purpose as pedals.
An automated mechanism to move the levers would probably take up more space in the neck than an action linkage and add to the weight and, most important, would make a sound, whereas a smoothly regulated action would (ideally) be silent. Even the quietest servos can be heard during operation. Harps seem to function better with mechanical systems than electronic ones (electric harps notwithstanding). And as we’ve seen with cars, the more complicated features we add, the more the car’s in the shop.
Carl, is it possible the F action could be tapping something because the rod is just a hair too long? I’ve had the same experience (same pedal) with a Camac Clio and solved it by adjusting (shortening) the pedal cable just a tiny fraction. The top link in the action was hitting a piece of metal when released into flat because it was moving just a little bit too far. Or does that make any sense at all?
Rosalind, if your harp is functioning well for you and you love the sound, that’s all that matters. Every major harp company has periods in its history when its products had problems, and you’ll see complaints about every company for one reason or another on this site. People tend to write when they’re having a problem, so you may notice the complaints more than the compliments. Aoyama harps haven’t been around as long and are not as common in this country as other brands so people aren’t as familiar with them. All that is important is that you are happy with your instrument.
It’s that way here, too. We may not agree with each other but we all get along and help each other when there’s a need (like a broken pedal rod or missing orchestra part or more personal problems).
Getting back to criticism (not an easy word to type), one fine example of helpful criticism is the master class. Perhaps that falls more into the realm of critique than criticism, but most participants find it just as crucial to know what they need to work on as what they are doing well. (Notice I didn’t say what they’re doing wrong or right!) Good criticism can be the best incentive to spur one to greater achievement.
