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Yes. My teacher (Alice Artzt, when we were both college students) ended up studying with her and has several videos on YouTube about her (Presti’s) playing style.
I just googled “camac mademoiselle harp” and found links to discussions here on Harp Column and various descriptions by vendors, but nothing about how it feels or sounds except from Camac themselves, and of course they think it sounds great!
When I was your age, female classical guitarists had a difficult time of it because the guitar was regarded as a man’s instrument. Times change. Best of luck to you!
Me too. Like most guitarists, I like the cello. While you’re waiting for your husband to pick up cello smarts, couldn’t you do simple little duets in the right range(s) with him? Folk songs, for example?
I think Mattias (my brother’s name minus an h) is considering mainly lever harps that look &/or sound like pedal harps, though the Eos comes close to that category also, and I just listened to a video of one and really liked it. Wonderful sound!
If Mattias is a little more flexible about that point, then I can think of other models too, such as the Josephus Heritage–but there the shipping from Canada would be a killer.
Over here the Ana is slightly more expensive than the Prelude, but that might not be the case across the ocean. I think the Ana is a handsomer harp, but that isn’t exactly the most important point and is anyway just my opinion.
A taller harp? I’m 5’0″ and well-endowed in the area you specify and have had no problems–but I’m playing a harp that’s 5’3″. Thanks, BTW. I have been thinking about the Merlin and now I see that it might not work so well for me.
A taller harp? I’m 5’0″ and well-endowed in the area you specify and have had no problems–but I’m playing a harp that’s 5’3″. Thanks, BTW. I have been thinking about the Merlin and now I see that it might not work so well for me.
A taller harp? I’m 5’0″ and well-endowed in the area you specify and have had no problems–but I’m playing a harp that’s 5’3″. Thanks, BTW. I have been thinking about the Merlin and now I see that it might not work so well for me.
If you go far enough back, all pedal harps, even Lyon & Healy, were strung more lightly than they are today. Just how old is this harp?
Also Ank van Kampen, I think. Pity there isn’t more around for harp from that era and place. But there’s at least one version around of Mudarra’s Fantasia X “Que contrahaze la arpa (el arpa?) en la manera de Ludovico” transposed for harp. Supposedly it “imitates the harp in Ludovico’s style” because Ludovico was a whiz at producing all those chromatics you find in the later part. I used to play this on the guitar and loved it dearly. There are several versions on YouTube on guitar/lute/vihuela (I favor Julian Bream’s) and at least one on harp, I think teamed with “Spagnoletta.”
Couldn’t find the book, but I found this on the web: TRES LIBROS DE MUSICA EN CIFRA PARA VIHUELA, Alonso Mudarra, Seville 1548, ed. Emilio Pujol. The Tiento No. IX para harpa u organo is at the end of Book III. Not all the pieces are Mudarra’s and not all are for vihuela.
Actually, there is a sample of the tablature given. The book is currently three rooms away from me, but I think the title was TRES LIBROS EN CIFRA PARA VIHUELA or something like that and there was only one piece for harp in it. If you’re a guitarist or a lutenist, vihuela tablature is a piece of cake, but harp tablature?? I’ll check the title tom’w, Saul.
