Harp Sheet Music By Composer - Arranger 

This book is a collection of the harp parts for several symphonic works by Richard Strauss judged to be the most worthy of long-term study (due primarily to their difficulty). The passages presented in this collection were selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Royal Imperial Academy for the Music and Representative Art. This edition for harp was prepared by well-known harpist, composer and pedagogue Alfred Holy. Holy's introductory notes in the beginning of this edition state that the key he chose for presenting many of these studies is occasionally different from the key of the original orchestral part in order to allow the harpist the most ease in pedaling and playing synonyms.

Traumerei is representative of the mature output Richard Strauss' youth. A reverie suspended in time, it woos our attention with its alternating lush harmonies and bursts of wide-ranging arpeggiated chords, so harp-like in character. It had to be transposed from B to C Major and a few notes of the chromatic inner voices were trimmed.

An arrangement for four harps by Kajetan Attl of Johann Strauss' famous "Blue Danube Waltz" edited and revised by Paul Hurst. This collection is suitable for intermediate-advanced pedal harpists.

The haunting "Berceuse" from Stravinsky's orchestral work, The Firebird, has been realized for solo pedal harp in an arrangement by Michele Pinet.

This book was put together to express Mr. Sullivan's affection for the many wonderful tunes that came out of nineteenth century America. Many of the pieces are well known, but deserved a fresh setting that would be playable on the harp. A few tunes are less well known, or even obscure, but were chosen for their artful melodies. The arrangements translate well on the piano as well as the harp, and Mr. Sullivan also includes guitar chords and lyrics. You'll revive the "Parlor Tradition" of days gone by and make these old tunes live again is part of your own musical tradition. There is a brief historical paragraph on each tune, and a lovely picture. One interesting piece is the "Persian Princess Waltz." It is from a 1901 method book for the reed organ. This method book was discovered in Mr. Sullivan's garage and was autographed by the author, Mattie Pirtle, whose picture is on the back cover of the book.