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Renaissance Music for the Lap Harp

$20.00

Renaissance Music for the Lap Harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is a collection of 28 Renaissance piece including madrigals, ballads, and dances from various European countries arranged for solo lever or pedal harp. This collection is for harps with 20–22 strings; a version for larger harps is also available. Scroll down for contents.

This collection is available as a PDF download for $20.00.

Pages to print: 82 pgs.

Description

This book includes madrigals, ballads, dances, and occasional music from the 16th and 17th centuries from various European countries. Madrigals and Ballads come from vocal pieces, while occasional music is instrumental theme and variations from vocal songs. The dances are representational of court dances of the period.

The arrangements in this collection are appropriate for a lever harp with 20–22 strings.

Madrigals and Ballads

Dona Nobis Pacem
Greensleeves
The Silver Swan
Rest, Sweet Nymphs
April is in My Mistress Face
Orlando Sleepeth
O Eyes of My Beloved
My Heart Doth Beg You’ll Not Forget

Occasional Music

Tarleton’s Riserrectione
A Toy
My Lady Carey’s Dompe
Go From My Window
The Short Mesure off My Lady Wynkfyld’s Rownde
Diferencias Sobre “Guardame las Vacas”

Dances

Pas et Medio
Passo e Mezzo
Italian Dance
German Dance
Allemande I
Allemande II
Canarie
Pavan I & III
Galliarde
Two Galliards I & II
Volte and Branle

Additional information

Instrumentation	Harp Solo
Genre	Classical
Composer	Various
Artist	Shanks, Deborah Dahl
Level	Intermediate
Harp Type	Lever Harp
Nationality	French, German, Other European, Spanish
Collection	Collection