Description
A lullaby for intermediate pedal harp and female voice with optional French horn part. In 3/4 with quarter note at 110. For alto voice as lowest note to sing is A below middle C. Harp part is accompaniment only, chord names are provided. Teaches the names of the planets. Can be heard on the CD Bardina’s Forest by Stephanie Bennett. INTERMEDIATE PEDAL HARP
PROGRAM NOTES by the composer
Rodolphus Agricola said “ut doceat, ut moveat, ut delectet”: ‘make it teach, move the heart, and please’. That is what I seek to do with my songs.
This lullabye teaches you the names of the planets in our Solar System (in order, from the closest to the sun to the farthest). It also expresses, in words and music, a parent’s deep love for his or her child; cherishing the moments while they are close together, while poignantly looking ahead to the future when they may be far apart.
May it touch your heart and the hearts of those with whom you share it.
Stephanie Bennett 1997