Pedal or Lever Harp

4 Ensembles by Mary Muckle PDF Download

Item #p7496
$11.00

For lever or pedal harp.

Mary Muckle has arranged four pieces for harp ensemble. Three are duets and one is a trio. This is a wonderful and diverse collection, with interesting parts for all players. Keys range from 2 flats to 2 sharps, with no lever changes needed. There are no fingerings.

BRANSLE
Claude Gervaise, (1535-1565) was an important figure in the French secular music of his time. The Bransle is a 16th century French dance performed by couples in either a line or a circle.

EN ROULANT MA BOULE
The voyageurs and coureurs-de-bois traversed by canoe the rivers and lakes of New France in search of furs for the European market. They sang continuously to the rhythm of their paddles, usually old ballads they had learned in France. The very popular En roulant ma boule (While Rolling My Ball), tells the story of a prince who shoots a white duck from whose eyes bright diamonds fall and from whose bill drops gold for all.

MAMA GONE A'MOUNTAIN
Mama Gone A'Mountain is a variation of the lullaby Bye Baby Bunting. In this West Indian version, the mother has gone to the mountain and the father has gone shooting to catch a robin bird so that he can, in the words of the chorus, Buy me baby ribbon bam, buy me baby ribbon.

MERRY WIDOW WALTZ
The Merry Widow Waltz is from the operetta The Merry Widow by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar (1870-1948).

This product is a PDF file, to be downloaded to your computer. We do not sell it as regular printed music. It is only available here in this PDF download format.


Click on the blue titles below to see a sample of the first few lines of music.

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