AHJ, Vol. 5 No. 3, Summer 1976

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THE CHRISTMAS
HARPIST
by Marilyn Marzuki
Easy to intermediate harp solos-­
with and without pedals. Includes
some of the all-time great
Christmas crowd-pleasers.
Annotations by
JUDITH M. COSTELLO
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ORIGINAL HARP REPERTORY
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Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
VARIATIONS ON A SWISS AIR
The only work written for harp by this famous composer.
Pub. in 1798 ($2.00)
Johann L. Dussek (1760-1812)
SONATA
The composer wrote several concertos, sonatas and
sonatinas--also various short works. This sonata is
taken from "TROIS SONATES POUR HARPE" ($2.00)
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ani's Partita, Karin Wark play Pozzoli's Two Etudes,
Tournier's Six Noels, No. 4 and van Delden's Nocturne,
Mary Ann Sherman, U.S.A., play von Dittersdorfs
Konzert fur Harfe, Myung-Jin Lim, Korea, play Natra's
Sonatina, Orthel's Five Bagatelles and Un 3, an original
composition by her fellow countryman Byung-dong
Paik. Later we moved to the game room downstairs
where the audience, seated informally on the floor, or
on folding chairs, heard Ank van Campen and Riet
Keppel talk and play on Scottish harps. The graceful
little non-pedal harps, resembling the clarsach, were
made of blond wood with painted green bodies, a scottish
emblem on their columns. During a discussion
period, information on the literature and organizations
connected with non-pedal harps was given.
In the afternoon, we heard a young pupil of Madame
Berghout, a charming young lady from Japan, Masumi
Nagasawa, who could have easily slipped from The
Book of Genji with her soft, dark hair, and lustrous
brown eyes. She played van Delden's Nocturne and
Sergiu Natra's Sonatina.
That evening, Emily Heyens, harp, Ank Mulder,
flute, and Frank van Koten, oboe, gave us a chamber
music concert at the Maastricht Conservatory. They
played Krumpholtz' Sonate in F due fur flote und harfe,
Grandjany's solo for harp, Fantasie sur un theme de
Haydn, Frank Martin's Piece Breve pour flute, hautbois
et harpe, Klaus Huber's Sabath for alto flute, English
horn and harp, Lotti's Trio A dur for flute, oboe and
basso continuo, Bochsa's Nocturne pour hautbois et
harpe, Eisler's Sonatensatz fur flote, oboe and harfe,
and lbert's Deux Interludes pour flute, hautbois et
harpe. The evening's program was not only beautifully
played but was a fine showcase for chamber music for
the harp. At intermission there was coffee, tea, and
cookies in the comfortable social area which looked
out on a small park through which a Dutch canal flowed.
After the concert, we returned to our buses, passing
through the narrow streets lit with gas lamps, discussing
the music. Sandwiches, tea and coffee were waiting for
us at Europa Huis in candle-lit rooms.
On Sunday morning, August 17, Katja Noorman
and Meija Blok, Netherlands, Ruth Pladevall, Spain,
and Angela Sarkozy, Hungary, each gave a group of
numbers in the recital hall of Europa Huis. In the afternoon
we returned to the Maastricht Conservatory for
a chamber music concert by the Netherlands Harp Ensemble
consisting of Joke Brethouwer, harp, Pieter
Ode, flute, Hiu Kian Pin, violin, Joke Vermeulen, viola,
and Fred Pot, cello, which played Pierne's Variations
libres et final, pour flute, violon, alto, violoncello et
harpe, opus 51, Pierre Vellones Trio pour flute, alto et
harpe, opus 94, Henk Badings' Capriccio voor fluit,
fiool, altviool, cello en harp, Jean Francaix' Quintette
pour flute, violon, alto, violoncello et harpe, Nino
Rota's Quintetto for flute, violin, viola, cel/o and harp,
and Albert Roussel's Serenade, opus 30, pour flute,
violin, alto, violoncello et harpe.
Monday morning, August I 8, Naomi Mihara and
Keiko Sakai, Japan, played. At eleven o'clock, Dr. A.
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