Harp Sheet Music By Composer - Arranger 

Sonatine composed by Marcel Tournier. Composed with a difficulty level of advanced and suitable for a pedal harp. 23 pages

Marcel Lucien Tournier (1879-1951) studied harp under R. Martenot and Alphonse Hasselmans at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was awarded first prize in harp in 1899. In 1912 he was appointed harp professor at the Paris Conservatoire where he trained many well-known harpists.

Marcel Tournier (1879 - 1951) composed some of the most beautiful music ever written for the harp. But many of his compositions are problematic because they are not notated the way they are actually played. There are often double flats and double sharps that have to be played enharmonically. The notation does not indicate which hand is playing what. Measures written, for example, in four sharps, in fact, have to be played in five flats! For these reasons, much of his output is not as frequently played as it should be.

An arrangement for intermediate solo pedal harp of this traditional English folk song (or holiday carol known as "What Child is This?") by Susann McDonald. This elegant arrangement opens with a series of rolled four-finger chords in both hands, into which the melody is woven and proceeds through a short interlude of arpeggios and bass octaves to close with the melody played in haunting left-hand harmonics while the right hand plays an ornamental figure in the higher register on the harp.

Three pieces whose inspiration was drawn from the islands of Orthuz, Ireland and Lesbos. Each piece presents itself with a decidedly different feel. Orthuz, subtitled "Dance of the Fisherman," sounds like a modern, rustic dance. Aran is an Irish lullaby. Lesbos is swift and playful. The pieces are written at the advanced level, and the pedal changes are not marked. 8 pages.