Publications for Harp

FOR PEDAL HARP 

Sonate Pour la Harpe by Peder Schall

This is a beautiful and challenging sonate (Schall’s spelling) for pedal harp, composed approximately 200 years ago and published here for the very first time. This piece will be an exciting addition to intermediate-level pedal harp repertoire and would be a great recital or competition piece.

Peder Schall was a Danish composer who lived from 1762 to 1820. He played and composed for cello, piano, guitar, and harp, but none of his compositions were ever published.  It is almost certain that the instrument played by Schall would have been a single-action pedal harp.

I found an archive of Schall’s hand-written manuscripts online.  This sonate is only the first of several compositions by Schall that I will be transcribing and editing for modern pedal harp.  While I have tried to remain as true to the original manuscript as possible, I have corrected some inconsistencies and added pedal markings.  Fingerings have not been added as most are self-explanatory.

Here is a midi file so you can hear what the Sonate sounds like.  There are two spots were triplets were not correctly translated for the midi file, but the rest of the interpretation is fine.

Schall Kompositioner No. 10 (This is a piano midi file, but it will give you an idea of what this piece sounds like.)

 Here is a sample page of the Sonate so you can try it out.

Performance time for this piece would be approximately 15 minutes. The publication is 22 total pages, 17 of which are the music itself. Performance notes; information about the composer, editor, and proofreaders; and the text of Schall’s original dedication page are included. 

Please remember that this is a copyrighted publication, so if you want friends or students to know about this Sonate, please direct them back to this page so they may purchase their own copy.

Price: $17.95 Special Holiday Price $10.95

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FOR CROSS-STRUNG HARP

Sonatina by Anton Andres
This is a lovely one-page piece at the beginner level in the key of C with just enough accidentals to make it fun to play.

Sonatina by A Andre Click this link to listen to a piano midi file of this piece.  (It speeds up for some reason, but you can get an idea of how the piece sounds!)

Price: $1.50

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Prelude by Carl Reinecke
Here is another fun piece to play for the beginner cross-strung student.  Key of C. Two pages.

Here is the piano midi file for this piece. Reinecke Prelude

Price: $2.00

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La Candeur by F.J.F. Burgmuller
This is a lovely, lyrical piece with just enough chromatic “spice” to be interesting and fun to play for the beginning cross-strung student. Key of C. Two pages.

Here is the midi file for this piece. La Candeur in C

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