Old Tunes for New Harpists
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- Arranger: Mildred Dilling
- Instrumentation: Harp
- ISBN:
- Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
Description
A Collection of Folktunes Progressively Arranged with an Introduction to Harp Technic, and Illustrations
What fun to sit down to a harp for the first time and be able to master at least one tune on it, especially one you already know and love. This book has been compiled to give the beginner musical material of permanent value in simple form. Although this book is not intended to be a method for the harp, it assumes a working knowledge of the essentials of music. Some information about the instrument, as well as the correct position of the body, arms, hands, and fingers in performance is necessary to insure against errors in posture and technique that would handicap the player in progressing to more advanced work later on.
Contents:
- Hot Cross Buns
- Do, Do, L'enfant Do
- Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
- Song of The River
- Lavender's Blue
- Good King John
- Westminster Chimes
- Frere Jacques
- If I Were A Nightingale
- Hop, Hop, Hop
- London Bridge
- Green Gravel
- Pussy Cat
- Bugle Call
- The Chimes of St. Paul's
- Breton Dancing Tune
- Evening Song
- Swedish Dance
- Goodbye To Winter
- Cuckoo, Cuckoo
- The King of France
- Little Waltz
- Au Clair De La Lune
- Holy Night
- Yellow Bird
- Spring Song
- Elfin Dance
- Country Dance
- Shepherd's Carol
- Sleep, Baby, Sleep
- The Bagpipes
- Fais Dodo
- The Little Goose Girl's Song
- Sur le pont d'avignon
- Cradle Song
- Meunier, tu dors
- Blow Away The Morning Dew
- Going To The Fair
- Gentil Coquelicot
- Old English Country Dance
- When I Was A Young Girl
- Early One Morning
- Il Etait Un Bergere
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be?
- Ah! Vous Dirai - Je, Maman
- Cornish Dance
- Go Down, Moses
- The First Noel
- Old Christmas Carol
- Flow Genlty, Sweet Afton
- Reaping Song
- Savez-Vous Planter Le Choux?
- Song of The Watch
- As I Went A-Walking One Morning in Spring
- The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O!
- Sedlak
- Robin Adair
- King David and His Harp
- Polish Dance
- The Christ Child's Lullaby
- Nous n'irons plus au bois
- Spinning Song
- Amaryllis
- Lullaby
- I Hear The Mill
- Spinning Tune
- The Campbells Are Comin'
- Gaily The Troubadour
- How Many Miles To London Town?
- Two Bagpipe Tunes
- The Minstrel Boy
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- March of The Kings
- John Anderson, My Jo
- The Soldier's Joy
- Noel De Cluny
- Dance Song
- Song of The Volga Boatmen
- Santa Lucia
- Il Pleut, Il Pleut, Bergere
- Die Henne
- The Jasmine Flower
- Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella
- Cuckoo
- Aloha Oe
- The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
- Old Folks At Home
- Londonderry Air
- Deep River
- Theme From The "Surprise Symphony"
- David of the White Rock
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