Harp Music and Books at The Harp and Dragon

Harp Music and Books

For players of both lever and pedal harps.

Our harp music is listed below under the following categories:
    Instruction, Exercises, Arranging
    Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Welsh) for lever and pedal harps
    Sacred
    Christmas and Chanukah
    Early and Renaissance
    Popular Music
    Harp Music Sale

On a separate page: Transcriptions and Compositions by John Thomas.

Wedding music can be found in the categories above, especially Sacred and Early and Renaissance; and in the listing of sale music.

We also have harp-related books listed below:
History Books About the Harp
Other Harp Books

We carry the Sylvia Woods companion CD's for her books @ $9.

Instruction, Exercises, Arranging

Basic Harp for Beginners by the well-known harp performer, Laurie Riley. Begins with chapters on the harp itself, posture, finger position, even basics in notereading. Also etudes and tunes to play, interspersed with advice on how to play them. This is a good book for absolute beginners, especially adults. A Mel Bay publication. 77pp. $12

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. $14
          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
          VHS 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
           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. $19

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

Irish, Scottish, and Welsh Music (i.e., Celtic)

An Irish Tunebook. Seventeen arrangements by Sue Richards. Beauty In Tears, The Belfast Hornpipe, Bunclody, The Butterfly, Danny Boy, Don Oiche Ud Im Beithil, Down By The Sallie Gardens, The Emigrant's Farewell, The Gentle Swan, Joy Be With YKou, Knocknagow Jig, Les Poules Hupees, Polka, Rattlin'Bog Polka, Oft In The Stilly Night, The Rolling Waves, Women Of Ireland. Medium difficulty. Plastic bound, lies flat. $10

A Scottish Tunebook. Fourteen arrangements by Sue Richards. Adew Dundee, Banjo Breakdown, The Banks of the Lossie, Beinn A'Cheathaich, Calum A'Ghlinne, The De'il's in the Kitchen, Eilean A'Cheo, The Celtic Society Quickstep, Highland Boat Song, I Love My Love for Love Again, Jack Broke the Prison Door, Pibroch Donald Dhu, Miss Stewart of Grantully, Whistle O'er the Lave O't. Medium difficulty. Plastic bound, lies flat. $10

Celtic Music for Folk Harp by Laurie Riley and Leslie McMichael. A Mel Bay publication. 28 tunes from the Irish, Scots and Welsh, plus information on the pieces and on Celtic style. There are pieces requiring moderate, intermediate and advanced skills. 76pp. $12

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. $19
Companion CD to 50 Irish Melodies. Sylvia plays all the pieces in the book. $9

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. $19
Companion CD to 40 O'Carolan Tunes. Sylvia plays all the tunes in the book. $9

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
Companion CD to Irish Dance Tunes. Sylvia plays all the tunes in the book. $9

Off the Record by Ann Heymann. Arangements of 13 Irish tunes for wire-strung harp. Includes The Dusty Miller, Castle Kelly, Charlie's Fancy, and Three Sea Captains. $10

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. $19
Companion CD to go with 52 Scottish Songs book. Sylvia plays all the songs in the book. $9

The Harp Key: Music for the Scottish Harp arranged by Alison Kinnaird. 25 old Scottish harp tunes, most in key of C and sharps. Intermediate level to advanced. Extensive notes on each piece, and its source, are given. A valuable book for anyone interested in the history of Scottish harp. 1995 reprint. 94pp. $19

Un y Mwd (In the Mood) by Bethan Bryn. Eleven harp pieces composed in the style of traditional Welsh harp tunes for penillion. These make good pieces for weddings or other occasions, as they are somewhat stately in character. Bethan, by the way, was harpist at Welsh Heritage Week several times, and adjudicates penillion competitions at the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Wales. Medium difficulty, for pedal harp. Pub. Curiad. $12

The Flowers of Ceiswyn: The Legacy of Edward Jones. Welsh triple harp music arranged for Celtic harp by Anne Kimble Howard. Five pieces: Morfa Rhuddlan (The Red March), Blodeu Ceiswyn (The Flowers of Ceiswyn), Anhawdd Ymadael (Banish Misfortune), Nos Galan (New Year's Night, also called Deck the Halls), and Codiad yr Hedydd (Rising of the Lark). Edward Jones (1752--1824) published Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards and Cambro-British Melodies, from which these pieces were taken. Keys of B flat, F, and C. Intermediate to advanced level. $10

Special! Sain Y Werin (trans. Folk Music): 20 traditional Welsh folk tunes arranged for pedal harp and flute (or other C instrument). Most are duo arrangements, except for two harp solos and one flute solo. The pieces are arranged so that they can be played one at a time, or consecutively without stopping (e.g., if being played before a wedding). The book of harp music has three staffs, two for the harp plus a staff showing the C instrument line. There is a separate booklet included for the C instrument. For the price of this book and booklet, $15, we will throw in the companion cassette tape, worth $12. This tape has a complete harp and flute performance, plus separate harp and flute performances for purposes of rehearsal, or for student practice. Click beats are added to aid in coordinating some parts. Harp book, flute booklet, plus cassette only $15.

Favorite Folk Songs Volume 2, arranged for harp and voice by Eileen Mulligan of Cork, Ireland. 11 Irish songs with lyrics; a C instrument such as the flute can play the voice part. Spiral bound, 69pp. $10

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

Sacred Harp Music

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. $19.
Companion CD: Sylvia plays all the pieces in the Hymns and Wedding Music book. $9

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
Companion CD: Sylvia plays all the pieces in Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and Pachelbel's Canon. $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
Companion CD: Sylvia plays all the pieces in Pachelbel's Canon and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. $9

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Key of C, for all harps, intermediate. $4

Popular Hymns for Two: duets for nonpedal harp, arranged by Louise Trotter. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;Morning Has Broken. Fairly easy. $6

Fantasy On "Ode to Joy" (Beethoven/Schhiller), arranged by D. Rees-Rohrbacher. Not difficult. $4

Hymn arrangements by W. M. Govea. These are for pedal harp and are not easy; however, if you are good at adapting, you might do these on nonpedal harp. The arranger believes that the church is a good place for harp players to start performing, as the audiences are quite receptive. All pieces have a performance time given for the indicated speed.
    Modern Meditation I: A medley of several hymns. $3
    Modern Meditation II: Jesus Loves Me variations. $3
    Modern Meditation III: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child and Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. #3
    Modern Meditation IV: Little David, Play On Your Harp. $3
    Sacred Harp Vol. I: Balm in Gilead, Amazing Grace, How Firm a Foundation. $6.50
   Sacred Harp Vol. II: Jesus Thou Divine Companion, Hamburg (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross), and Nettleton. $6.50
    Sacred Harp Vol. III: Can you Count the Stars, Wayfaring Stranger, Every Time I Feel the Spirit. $6.50
    Sacred Harp Vol. IV: There Is a Happy Land; Jesus Walked the Lonesome Valley; Jerusalem My Happy Home; Let Us Break Bread Together; What Wondrous Love Is This. $10
    Sacred Harp Vol. V: Give Me That Old-Time Religion; Lord, I Want to Be a Christian; Near the Cross. $6.50

Harp Preludes for the Church. A series of arrangements by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher, for pedal or lever harp. these are not too hard.
    Vol. III (first edition): Deep River, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. Was $5. Sale: $4
    Vol. V: Shape-Note Hymns. Nettleton; Sweet Canaan; Holy Manna; Complainer; New Britain/Resignation; Jefferson. A note: shape-note hymns are southern hymns from the 1800's; they are called this because the notes in the scale all had different shapes, a form of sol-fa notation. The tunes are modal in flavor, with harmonies using perfect fourths, fifths and octaves. Plastic bound, lies flat. 20pp. Was $10. Sale $7.

Christmas and Chanukah Harp Music

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
Companion CD: Sylvia plays all the pieces on Fifty Christmas Carols (plus all the pieces in the Chanukah book). $9

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

Harp and Holly: Ancient Carols in Modern Dress arranged by W. M. Govea. O Come Little Children, Christmas Bells (Ding Dong Merrily; Hark, Hear the Bells, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day), Carols for Christmas (Greensleeves; Deck the Halls; Silent Night), Shepherd Carols (Carol of the Shepherds - Bohemian; While Shephereds Watched Their Flocks). Fairly advanced; intended for pedal harp. Performance time is given for the indicated speed of each piece. 18pp. $12

Two Christmas Medleys arranged by Sylvia Woods for all harps. The first medley is Arabian Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and We Three Kings of Orient Are. The second medley is two traditional Russian Christmas carols; Angelical Hymn and Twelfth-Night Song. Intermediate difficulty. $5

Winter Bells composed by Sylvia Woods. For all harps. You can hear Christmas bells in this one. Medium difficulty. $5

Early, Renaissance and Baroque Harp Music

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

Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. This is a somewhat more difficult arrangement; it is transcribed from an adaptation for three violins, cello and basso continuo. $4.50

English Country Dances. Twenty-one court dances from the 1600's arranged for nonpedal harp by Ellen Tepper, Therese Honey and Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Guitar chords are included. Intermediate. $12.50

Rondeau by Jean Joseph Mouret, arranged by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. This is the theme from Masterpiece Theatre. Intermediate. $4

Canon by William Boyce. Arranged by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Key of C, for all harps, not difficult. $4

Ombra Mai Fu (Largo from Serse) by G. F. Handel, arranged by Darhon Rees- Rohrbacher. Intermediate. $4

Classical

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

Popular and Other Harp Music

Elegant Music for the Lovely Lap Harp, Vol. 1. Six original compositions by Cindy Kleinstuber, written for her Blevins Mezzo 23-string harp (the bottom note is F below middle C on this harp). There are pieces in the keys of C, G and F: To a Sunny Day, Summer's Lament, Music Box Waltz, Morning Song, Harp Dance, Water's Edge. Not difficult. $12

Getting Started in Pop Harp: helpful hints and shortcuts by Louise Trotter. For pedal and lever harps.25pp. $11

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. $25

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

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

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

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. $10

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. $18

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. $29

Theme From Dead Poets Society, arranged for all harps by Sylvia Woods. Key of C, not difficult. $5

Harp Music Sale

The music listed below is odds'n ends, or music being discontinued at The Harp and Dragon. All are for lever harp unless otherwise indicated.

Air on the G String from Suite No. 3 in D (J.S.Bach), trans. for small pedal harp by Rees-Rohrbacher. Int. 4.00, now 3.00.

Spirituals, Set 3 of Folk Harp Preludes for the Liturgical Church. Deep River, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen. Arr. for large folk harp by Rees-Rohrbacher. Int. 5.00, now 3.00.

Good Morning to You (Happy Birthday). Arr. Rees-Rohrbacher for all harps; two versions, C and G. 3.50, now 2.00.

Harpers Are Not Bizarre. Words and music by Sylvia Woods. 3.00, now 2.00.

Jewish Melodies, arr. for pedal harp by Staneslow. Vol. 1, 7 pieces. Int. 10.00, now 7.00.

Jewish Wedding Music, arr. for all harps by Staneslow. Vol. 1 rev. ed., 6 pieces. Int. 10.00, now 7.00.

Love Story (theme from the movie), arr for folk harp by Trotter. Int. 4.00, now 3.00.

Old Joe Clark, trad. Am. melody. Solo for Folk Harp arr Trotter. Fairly easy. 3.50, now 2.50.

Psalm XIX (Marcello), arr. for large folk harp by Rees-Rohrbacher. Int. 3.50, now 2.50.

Valley Tunes: 16 original compositions for lever harp by Joyce Rice. Varying difficulty. 14.00, now 10.00.

The Classical Harpist. Pieces by Purcell, Handel, Croft, Clarke. Lever harp adaptations. 8.00, now 6.00.

Tinc a Thonc.Very simple tunes for harp. Some familar children's tunes, plus Welsh folk tunes. Most have Welsh words. 15 tunes. Was $10, now $5.

The Minstrel Boy. Arranged for small harp by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Medium difficulty. Selling off at $2

A Bouquet for Young Harpists. A fairly easy book (at least at the beginning) of tunes with imaginative titles. By Bonnie Goodrich. Carrots for April the Bunny, Japanese Lanterns, Roller-skating With Friends, etc, 17 tunes. Was $7, now $4.

Kymation (an original composition for pedal or lever harp) by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. A Contemporary Harp Series piece. Not difficult. Was $4.25, now $3.

The Blue Danube arranged by Louise Trotter. Duet for folk harp and pedal harp. $3

Aria Pastorella by Rathgeber, arranged for folk harp by Sylvia Fellows. Not hard, but contains some sharps to deal with. Was $4, now $3.

Twenty Carols with a friend. Viola part. By Patricia Jaeger. Was $3, now $2.

The Harp Key by Alison Kinaird. Music for the Scottish harp. Regular $19, now $14. This copy had a piece of something stuck on the back, that damaged the back cover.

Maid from the Parish of Penderyn. A Welsh tune arranged by Patricia Jaeger for folk harp and melody instrument. $2

March Orientale by Julia Sanders. Medium difficulty. Was $5, now $3.

Three Welsh FolkTunes: TheMaid of Penderyn, The Slender Lad, The Red-Headed Cobbler. Arranged for Small Harp by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Fairly easy. $2

Where'er You Walk (from Semele) by G. F. Handel. Arranged by Darhon Rees-Rohrbacher. Medium difficulty, some accidentals to deal with.

Tachystos (Swift) by Patricia John. A modern piece, not easy. Was $5, now $3.

History Books about the Harp

oc32901s.jpg (15234 bytes) 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. $22

The Harpmakers of Wales by Mair Roberts. This volume covers much information on Welsh harps and harpmakers from early times. The author, who is fully bilingual, is a talented, professional harpist, and there is information included that only an author who reads Welsh could gather. Many photos. 161pp. $10

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. $14

Harps & Harpists by Roslyn Rensch. This book, illustrated with more than 130 photographs and drawings, surveys the history of the harp from antiquity to the present. Part One : harps of the ancient peoples of the area around the Mediterranean. Part Two: nonpedal harps of the Western world from early Christian times. Part Three: development of the pedal harp over the last three hundred years. 329pp. Soft cover. $35. Out of stock.

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. $10

Tree of Strings (Crann nan Teud): A History of the Harp in Scotland by Keith Sanger and Alison Kinnaird. This is the first history of the harp in Scotland to be published; it traces the harp from its first appearance on the Pictish stones of the 8th century to the present. This is a serious study of the subject, exhaustive in its information. Pub. 1992. 247pp. $38. Out of stock.

Other Harp Books

New! Alternative Tunings for the Lever Harp. How to fully utilize your levers by Aedan MacDonnell. 22 pages. $6 Out of stock.

The Harper's Handbook by Laurie Riley. "A complete overview for understanding, learning, sharing, performing, teaching and injury prevention." This newly republished edition of the popular handbook contains two parts: all the material of the original handbook by this name, plus the material in her book on preventing and correcting injury to your hands. The first part consists of twenty-four chapters covering everything useful that you can imagine (and perhaps some things you can't imagine), from a brief history of the harp at the beginning to advice for harp teachers, with information on harps, practicing, travelling with a harp, performing, and much more. The second part has fourteen chapters on playing posture, hand angle, carrying your harp, types of injuries, etc. Everyone should have this book. Pub. 2000 by Afghan Press. 127pp. $17

Preventing and Correcting Chronic Harp-Related Injury by Laurie Riley and Michael MacBean. If you find that some part or other of your body is hurting from playing of the harp, this is a very useful little booklet. (It is also useful if you wish to avoid developing problems in the future.) Includes sketches of harp positions, etc. 61pp. $7 Out of stock.

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. $12.50

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