Description
21 Classical themes. Minimal lever changes. Chords are included.
The arrangements are at an intermediate level, with a focus on the melody line and beautiful harmony. There’s a purity and beauty when a harp is played simply but well. Straightforward is a term that is well used when describing arrangements by Angi Bemiss.
One harpist said, “Your arrangements frame the melody perfectly.” Others have said, “Your arrangements fall so nicely on the harp,” or “I always enjoy playing your arrangements, and they are easier to play than they sound.”
From the arranger: Why C and Eb? Generally, lever harps are tuned in either the key of C or Eb. In order to play in another key (G, for example), you flip levers in each octave. This works well, but 1) it requires making lever flips between songs, and 2) it changes the sound of the strings just a bit. By having the songs in one key signature, you can transition smoothly from one song to another, and it retains the sound clarity of open strings. Plus, you don’t have to worry about flipping the wrong levers!
Includes:
Anglaise – JCF Bach
Arioso – GF Handel
Caro Mio Ben, – Guiseppe Giordani
Country Gardens – Trad English
Etude Theme – Chopin
Finlandia – Sibelius
Fur Elise – Beethoven
The Happy Farmer – Schumann
Haydn Variations – Brahms
Menuet en Rondeau – Rameau
Minuet in G – JS Bach
Minuet in G Major – JS Bach
Musetta’s Waltz – Puccini
New World Symphon – Dvorak
Nocturne from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” – Mendelssohn
Nocturne in Eb Major – Chopin
Polovetzian Dance – Borodin
Preludio XI (Little Prelude in F Major) – JS Bach
Sixth Symphony Theme – Tchaikovsky
Surprise Symphony – Haydn
To a Wild Rose – Edward McDowell
