Welcome to the resource page for my books Transcriptions for Lever Harp, volume 1 and volume 2 and my book Baroque Music for Pedal Harp.
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Music videos/performances of the music from the books:
Transcriptions for Lever Harp, volume 1
Bach’s Toccata (video 1)
Bach’s Toccata (video 2)
Bach’s Goldberg Aria
Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C
Handel Chaconne
Naderman Sonata 1
Naderman Sonata 2
Introduction to the book
Transcriptions for Lever Harp, volume 2
Bach’s Prelude for Lute, BWV 999
Couperin’s Le Dodo
Tournier’s Soupir
Tournier’s Noël No. 1
Granados Spanish Dance No. 5
John Thomas The Minstrel’s Adieu
Baroque Music for Pedal Harp
Bach’s Goldberg Aria
Bach’s Gavotte en Rondeau
Bach’s Prelude for Lute, BWV 999
Handel’s Chaconne
Couperin’s Le Dodo
Couperin’s Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Introduction to the book
A video of all six pieces
Harp Tuesday episodes featuring music from the books:
Ep. 292 – Creating a clean sound on the harp: left hand muffling (featuring Bach’s Prelude for Lute).
Ep. 226 – An in-depth look at Handel’s Chaonne in D minor, arr. for harp.
Ep. 194 – How to play the “Aria” from Bach’s Goldberg Variations – working with tricky rhythms
Ep. 211 – Playing fast and practicing Bach’s Toccata
Ep. 190 – How to play the opening Mordent from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue
Ep. 221 – Harp placement rules – only place in one direction (featuring Bach’s Prelude No. 1)
Some great background information about Welsh harpist John Thomas at Creighton’s Collection
Links about Couperin and French Baroque Ornamentation:
Couperin: L’Art de toucher le Clavecin Alfred Music edition, Ed. Margery Halford
L’Art de toucher le Clavecin, various older editions, in French, at IMSLP.org
Pieces de clavecin, Livre 3 at IMSLP.org
I love this album which features Couperin’s Le Dodo and Les Barricades Mystérieuses.
There are many different ideas as to what exactly Couperin was referring to in his title Les Baricades Mistérieuses – here’s an explanation I quite like.
The concept of inégales/inequality is a fascinating aspect of French Baroque. While to the best of my knowledge it’s not necessarily called for in Les Baricades Mistérieuses, here’s an intriguing performance that utilizes it in many spots.