{"id":182151,"date":"2025-03-20T18:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=182151"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:36:25","slug":"scottish-farewell-songs-suite","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/ruth-mertens-thompson\/scottish-farewell-songs-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Farewell Songs Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Note from the arranger<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Due to the symphonic nature of this arrangement, the more harps playing in the ensemble, the better! For mixed harp ensembles, lever harps can play all of \u201cTo the land o\u2019 the leal.\u201d For \u201cFar above the banks of Loch Lomond,\u201d I would suggest having the lever harps join in at the key change.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scottish Farewell Songs Suite \/\/ arranged Ruth Mertens Thompson \/\/ performed by the UNT HarpBeats\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYR_IiVMQ3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Scroll down to listen.<\/h4>\n<p>Ruth Mertens Thompson&#8217;s <em>Scottish Farewell Songs Suite<\/em> is for four pedal harps. The suite includes arrangements of three traditional Scottish folksongs: the heartbreaking \u201cAe fond kiss,\u201d the tender \u201cLand o\u2019 the leal,\u201d and crowd-pleaser \u201cLoch Lomond.\u201d Scroll down for notes.<\/p>\n<p>This suite is available as a PDF download in the following combinations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete set (score and parts): <strong>$18.90<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Harp 1 only: <strong>$6.30<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Harp 2 only: <strong>$6.30<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Harp 3 only: <strong>$6.30<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Harp 4 only: <strong>$6.30<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Length<\/em>: score is 16 pgs.; parts are 6-8 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration<\/em>: 9:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":182156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8616],"product_tag":[482],"class_list":["post-182151","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ruth-mertens-thompson","product_tag-harp-ensemble","pa_artist-thompson-ruth-mertens","pa_combinations-complete-set","pa_combinations-harp-1","pa_combinations-harp-2","pa_combinations-harp-3-only","pa_combinations-harp-4-only","pa_composer-traditional","pa_genre-folk-traditional","pa_harp-type-harp-pedals","pa_instrumentation-4-harps","pa_level-intermediate","pa_nationality-scottish","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/182151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=182151"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=182151"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=182151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}