Pedal or Lever Harp

World of Dreams and Other Art Songs by Carol Wood for harp and voice PDF Download

Item #p7684
$17.00

For lever or pedal harp and voice.

Carol Wood has composed these modern music art songs with an early twist. The music is mystical, lyrical, modern and ancient all in one.

These songs are for intermediate harp and voice. The keys range from 2 flats through 1 sharp, and there are no fingerings. The PDF is 52 pages, including 45 pages of music.

You can listen to Carol Wood performing four of these songs on YouTube:
YouTube: The Song of the Wandering Aengus
YouTube: To Daffodils
YouTube: Ah, Sunflower
YouTube: The Dandelion

Here's how Carol describes the pieces.

The World of Dreams: a lullaby I wrote when my grandson was born, using a poem by Walter de la Mare .
The Song of Wandering Aengus: this beautiful poem by W. B. Yeats has been set to music many times. This piece uses the melody of the Latin plainchant Conditor Alme Siderum.
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal: by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
The Night-Piece: To Julia: a setting of one of Robert Herrick's witty and elegant works.
The Pleiads: A. E. Housman composed this poem based on his translation of a fragment of Sappho.
Tonight: a setting of a romantic lyric by the American poet Sara Teasdale.
The Avenue: The text of this song is by Frances Cornford (1886-1960).
To Daffodils: a setting of one of Herrick's most famous poems.
Ah! Sunflower: text by William Blake.
The Dandelion: text by Vachel Lindsay.

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.