Harp Music and Books at The Harp and Dragon

Sale! We've gathered up some odds'n ends and bits of harp music and books accumulated in the stock room through the years and have marked it down to go flying out the door. Some of it is bundled together as several pieces for one sale price. This music is listed here.

Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp by Sylvia Woods. A practical guide for adult beginners on the harp, plus 48 tunes (the majority are Celtic) to play. The author is a well-known harp player and teacher, who has had much experience with adult beginners. Spiral bound, 80pp. $16
Companion CD, Teach Yourself... to go with above book. Sylvia plays all the tunes in the book so that you know how they are supposed to sound. CD $9
DVD Video, Teach Yourself...Sylvia gives helpful advice while playing the pieces in the above book. This is like having a harp teacher at your elbow. About 1 hour and 40 minutes long, follows the book, lesson by lesson. $55

Harp Exercises for Agility and Speed by Deborah Friou. This book of exercises was designed to help harp players develop and maintain strength, suppleness and agility in the fingers and hands. For players of all levels, for all harps. 93 pages, spiral bound. $20

Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps by Sylvia Woods. Although the title of this book says that it is for folk harps, this treatment of the subject of arranging is good for not only all harps, but for any other instrument as well, in our opinion. Sylvia goes systematically through the whole subject, laying it out clearly for you. In our opinion, if you get this book and learn everything in it, you'll never need to buy harp music again! Spiral bound, 112pp. $19

50 Irish Melodies For All Harps arranged for the harp by Sylvia Woods. The familiar traditional Irish and Irish-American tunes are all here in two versions each: a simple version and a more difficult one (the two versions can be played together as a duet). Lyrics are included in case you want to sing them, and why not? The Celts always sang along with the harp. Spiral bound, 112pp. $20

40 O'Carolan Tunes For All Harps by Sylvia Woods, each arranged in two versions, for beginning and more advanced harpers (the two versions can be played together as a duet). O'Carolan (1670-1738) is the best known of the ancient Irish harpers. Although blind, he travelled all around Ireland composing music and playing his harp. He played for the gentry, rather than the common people, and so his music could be called court or classical Irish music, rather than folk music. Spiral bound, 112pp. $20

Irish Dance Tunes for All Harps: 50 Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and Airs arranged by Sylvia Woods (with Maire Ni Chathasaigh). 54pp, $10. Wire bound edition $12

52 Scottish Songs For All Harps, each song arranged by Sylvia Woods for both beginning and more advanced players (the two versions can be played together as a duet). Over half of the songs in her newest book are by Robert Burns, including Auld Lang Syne, Comin' Thro' The Rye, Flow Gently Sweet Afton, and many more. Lyrics included. Spiral bound, 112pp. $20

Welsh music is listed with the Welsh books (although not all of this music is written specifically for harp).

Hymns and Wedding Music for all Harps by Sylvia Woods. About forty-five two-level pieces; i.e., each piece appears twice, first in an easier version, and then in a somewhat more difficult version (the two versions can be played together as a duet). Thirty-three hymns, Bridal March, Trumpet Tune and Trumpet Voluntary, seven Jewish tunes, and a duet on the Ave Maria. A really useful book! Spiral bound, 96pp. $20.

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Sylvia woods three ways: for harp solo; harp duet; and harp, flute and voice. Spiral bound, 31pp. $9

Pachelbel's Canon by Johann Pachelbel. Arranged by Sylvia Woods for: easy harp solo in D, advanced harp solo in D; advanced harp solo in G; harp duet, and harp with melody instrument such as flute or violin. For all harps. Spiral bound. 26pp. $9

o Amid the Winter's Snow: Twenty-four Victorian Christmas Carols arranged for lap harp by Suzanne Guldimann. These can be played on a harp as small as 2 1/2 octaves (from C up to G). With introduction. $15

o Yuletide Treasure: Celtic & English Music for Winter Celebration. Harp Solos and Duets arranged by Deborah Friou & Julia Lane. Most of the pieces can be played as harp solos; some have an optional second harp part to form duets. There is also a booklet included with melody instrument parts for nine of the pieces; these parts can be played by recorder, violin, flute or oboe. Pieces: The Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance, Green Grow'th the Holly, Lullabies for the Christ Child, Deck the Halls, The Humors of Winter, Gloucestershire Wassail, Christmas Day in the Morning, Greensleeves, That Night in Bethlehem, The Holly and the Ivy/Sans Day Carol, Down in Yon Forest, I Saw Three Ships come Sailing In, Three Sea Captains, When Christ Was Born, The Wexford Carol, Rorate, Coventry Carol, 'Tis Winter Now, Cold and Raw, New Christmass, Soalin'/God Rest Ye merry Gentlemen. Spiral bound. For all harps. Not difficult. $20

Cold December Winds: A New Collection of Old Christmas Carols Arranged for Lap Harp by Suzanne Guldimann. Medieval, Renaissance and old folk carols. All include English lyrics; foreign-language carols include lyrics in the foreign language as well. The carols: A Solis Orus Cardine, Apple Tree Wassail, Babe of Bethlehem, Basque Carol, Canzone de Zampoguari, Cherry Tree Carol, Cold December's Winds, In Those Twelve Days, Kommet Ihr Hirten, Let All that Are to Mirth Inclined, Lo How a Rose, Marche des Rois, Maria Durch ein' Dornwald Ging, The Moon Shines Bright, Nowel Sing We Both All and Some, On Christmas Night, Past Midnight, Puer Nobis Nascitur, Quelle est Cette Odeur Agreable, Salten y Ballen, Star in the East, Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang, Te Deum Laudamus, There Was a Star in the East Land, Vom Himmel Hoch O Engel Kommt! $18

Green Grows the Holly: Medieval and Renaissance Christmas Carols. Twenty-five carols arranged by Suzanne Guldimann for lap harp, with notes on each. All the pieces can be played with a range of 2 1/2 octaves; on a very small harp it is expected that you will play these pieces an octave higher than written in the book. A Babe is Born All of a Maid, Angelis ad Virginum, Besancon Carol, Corde Natus ex Parentis, Cutty Wren, Dadme Albricias Hijos d'Eva, Friendly Beasts, From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, Green Grows the Holly, I Saw Three Ships, Joseph Dearest Joseph Mine, Nous Voici dans la Ville, Nova! Nova!, Orientis Partibus, Past Three o'Clock, Personent Hodie, Riu Riu Chiu, Seven Joys of Mary, Song of the Ship, This Endris Night, To Drive the Cold Winter Away, Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day, Veinticino de Deciembre, Whence Comes this Rush of Wings?, While By My Sheep. 48pp. $14

Fifty Christmas Carols For All Harps arranged by Sylvia Woods. These pieces are each arranged for both beginning and more advanced harpers; the two arrangements can be played together as a duet. Lyrics and chord notations are included for each piece. All are in Key of C or sharp keys. 96pp., spiral bound. $19

Chanukah Music For All Harps arranged by Sylvia Woods for both beginning and more advanced players; the two arrangements can be played together as a duet. Lyrics and chord notation are given for each piece. Includes eleven popular songs for Chanukah, plus the Israeli National Anthem, Hatikvah. 25pp., spiral bound. $10 Companion CD: Sylvia plays all the pieces on Chanukah Music for All Harps (plus all the pieces in the Fifty Christmas Carols book). $9

o Hearts of Oak: Songs and Dances of Old England arranged for lap harp by Suzanne Guldimann. Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy, All Things Are Quite Silent, A-Roving, The Bay of Biscay O, Chestnut, The Chirping of the Lark, The Cobbler's Jig, Cold and Raw, Death and the Lady, Gamblegold, Glory of the West, The Gravedigger's Song, Hearts of Oak, The Keys of Canterbury, Lark in the Morn, Leave Her Johnny, Love Will Find Out the Way, On Ilkley Moor, The Outlandish Knight, Over the Hills and Far Away, Poor Robin, Robin Hood and the Tanner, Spanish Ladies, Under the Greenwood Tree, The Unquiet Grave, Western Ocean, When That I Was. Not difficult. The music is written for harps that go down to one octave below middle C; however, if you have a smaller harp, you can get around this by playing the pieces an octave higher than written. $18

Pastime With Good Company: Elizabethan songs and dances arranged for lap harp by Suzanne Guldimann. Twenty-seven 16th-century pieces set for a harp range of 2 1/2 octaves (C up to G), with notes on each piece, and lyrics to quite a few. Easy to medium difficulty. $18

The Three Ravens and Other Ballads arranged for lap harp by Suzanne Guldimann. Thirty-four traditional ballads of England and Scotland, going back 500 years in history, set for a harp range of 2 1/2 octaves (C up to G), with introduction, notes on the pieces, and lyrics. Easy to medium difficulty. $19

Baroque Music for the Harp arranged by Deborah Friou. Fifty-four pieces from the period 1600 to 1750 with introduction, biographical sketches of the composers, information on ornamentation of the period, etc. Includes Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and 14 other composers. Medium to somewhat more difficult. Wire bound to lie flat. $19

Early Music for the Harp by Deborah Friou. A collection of 40 tunes, most of them songs and dances from the medieval period. Intermediate; in key of C or G. Spiral bound to lie flat. 80pp. $19

Renaissance Music for the Harp by Deborah Friou. Twenty-four dances and ayres, most from the 1500's. These tunes were originally intended for keyboard, lute or voice. Intermediate difficulty; for all harps. 32pp. $11

Ballads and Court Dances of the 16th and 17th Centuries arranged by Deborah Friou. Nineteen solos plus five pieces that can be played as either solos or duets. German, French, English and Scottish tunes. Not too difficult. Spiral bound. 48pp. $16

Classical Music for the Harp. Arranged by Deborah Friou. For lever and pedal harp; about half of the pieces have accidentals that require lever or pedal changes. Familiar pieces from the classical repertoire, medium difficulty. Many can be used for church or weddings. Bach: Menuet in G. Beethoven: Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Ode to Joy, Sonatina. Boccherini: Minuet (A and G versions). Borodin: Polovtsian Dance. Brahms: Lullaby, St. Anthony Chorale, Waltz. Debussy: Clair De Lune. Dvorak: Humoreske, New World Symphony Themes. Faure: Pavane. Gluck: Caprice, Dance of the Spirits. Haydn: Menuet al Rovescio, Serenade, Sonatina in G. Holst: Jupiter from The Planets. Iradier: La Paloma. Massenet: Meditation from Thais (in G and A). Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusic (First Movement and Romance), Minuet from Don Giovanni, Sonata No. 1 and 9. Offenbach: Barcarolle. Puccini: Musettaa's Waltz, O my Beloved Father. Schubert: Menuet & Trio, Trout Quintet theme, two waltzes. Schumann: About Foreign Lands & People, Choral, Melodie, The Happy Farmer, Wild Rider. Stanley: Voluntary. Strauss: Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz. Verdi: La Donna E Mobile. Waldteufel: Skater's Waltz. $20

Lennon and McCartney For the Harp. Arranged for all harps by Sylvia Woods. Forty-six songs, many with separate versions for lever and pedal harps, chords for guitar, plus lyrics. Wire bound to lie flat. Advanced. Was, $25, now $17.

John Denver Love Songs. Arranged for harp by Sylvia Woods. Twelve songs , with chords marked for guitar, plus lyrics. Not difficult. Was $23, 16.

Andrew Lloyd Webber arranged for the harp by Sylvia Woods. Eleven pieces from The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Starlight Express, Evita, Requiem, and Tell Me On A Sunday. Includes lyrics and chord notation. For all harps. Intermediate level. Spiral bound, 36pp. Was $20, now $14.

Beauty and the Beast. Theme from Walt Disney Pictures' movie arranged by Sylvia Woods. In key of C: easy harp solo, advanced harp solo (these two can be played together as a duet), advanced harp part to go with voice or melody instrument, duet score, vocal part and C instrument part. The above are all in Key of G as well, with the addition of a second C instrument part. For all parts. Includes lyrics. Spiral bound, 32pp. Was, $10 now $7.

The Wizard of Oz arranged for all harps by Sylvia Woods. Nine songs, of which three appear in both easy and more advanced arrangements; plus a Wizard of Oz medley in both easy and more advanced arrangements. Not too difficult. Lyrics included. Spiral bound, 48pp. Was $18, now $12.

Seventy-Six Disney Songs for the Harp arranged by Sylvia Woods for all harps. These vary somewhat in difficulty. Lyrics and chord notation, spiral bound, 174pp. Was $29, now $20.

The Story of the Irish Harp: Its History and Influence by Nora Joan Clark. Chapter titles: Celtic Origins of the Irish Harp, Glimpses of the Ancient Harp, Harpers Druids and the Bardic Tradition,The Trinity College Harp and Other Treasures, Suppression of the Irish, Turlough O'Carolan, The Irish Harp Declines and Endures, Irish Loss Survival and a New Spirit, Mid-20th Century Revival of the Irish Harp, Performers Inspired by the Irish Harp. Appendix: Selected Harps and Harpmakers, Some Players of Small Harps, Contemporary Composers for Celtic Harp. 192pp. Pub. 2003. Sale: Was $22, now $15.

Renaissance of the Irish Harp by Nora Joan Clark. The harp in ancient Ireland, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Irish harpers, contemporary use of the Irish harp, Melville Clark and the Clark Irish harp. Originally published 1979 from articles printed earlier in The American Harp Journal; this edition published 1999 by Afghan Press. 66pp. Saled: Was $14, now $11.

The Harp of Ireland by Grainne Yeats. The story of the Belfast harpers' festival of 1792, the saving of Ireland's old harp music by Edward Bunting, discussion of music of the Irish harp, O'Carolan, and brief biographies of the harpers who played at Belfast. This is a very useful book for anyone interested in the old harp music of Ireland. Photos of carved stone harps, reproductions of pictures of harpers. 71pp. Sale: was $10, now $7

The Pocket Guide to Harp Composing by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. A concise, nontechnical manual containing all of the information needed to write effectively for any type of harp. Plastic bound to lie flat. 87pp. Sale $8

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Rodgers & Hammerstein for the Harp arranged by Deborah Friou. Nineteen pieces from The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, Flower Drum Song, Oklahoma! and The King and I. Includes lyrics and chord notation. For all harps. Intermediate level. Spiral bound, 48pp. $17