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6 ferent editions (as indicated by the numbers shown ifl parentheses after the titles in the following list.)17 "Harp or Pianoforte" Ah vous dirai-je Maman with Variations, by Cardon Fils ..... . ..... . ........ (3) Bird Waltz, The, by Francis Panormo . . .... .. (8) Cramer's Grand Turkish March, [by? Cramer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( l) Moran's Favorite Variations to the Suabian Air, [by P. K . Morans] .... . ............ (1) Musette de Nina, [by Nicolas Dalayrac] .... .. (5) Peasants' Joy, The, by R. M. Blagrove .... ... (l) Scotch Air with Variations, by G. Adams .. .. . (2) Swiss Waltz with Variations, by P. K. Morans . . (7) Venetian Air with Variations, A, by P. K. Morans . . .. . .... . . . .. .... (l) " Pianoforte or Harp" Air Russe and Cosaque, by D. Steibelt ...... . (l) Bath Waltz, by H. T. Wassell ..... .. .... ... (l) Blue Bells of Scotland with New Variations, The, by Latour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Constellations, The, by J. F. Hance . . . . . . . . . . ( l) Easy Lesson, An, by Mr. Harrington . . . . . . . . . (l) Favorite Scotch Air "Auld Lang Syne" with Variations, The, by Dr. Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) Gildon's Celebrated March [by? Gildon] . . . ( 1) Kinlock of Kinlock with Variations [anonymous] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Oracle Waltz, The, by J.C. Craven ... ..... . . (3) Stantz Waltz with Variations, by P. K. Morans . . . ... . . . .. . . .. ... (3) Tyrolesian Air with Variations, by F. J. Nadermann . ..... .. ... . . .. (2) Yet Stay Awhile with Variations, by J. Aykroyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (l) Harp and Piano Duets D' Albert's National Schottish, by Carl T. De Coeniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 1) Grand Russian March, by C. F. Francis (l) Publishers of Three or More Titles: Bacon & Co., Philadelphia G. E. Blake, Philadelphia C. Bradlee, Boston John Cole, Baltimore William Dubois, New York Dubois & Stodart, New York E. Riley, New York G. Willig, Philadelphia G. Willig, Jr., Baltimore A song in French entitled "La Marmotte, "with harp accompaniment,,was published in Philadelphia in 1797, by Filippo Trisobio. 18 And more songs with harp accompaniment are listed by Johnson 19 as having been advertised in Boston: "The Maid of Lodi, accompaniment for harp or pianoforte, from music collected by Mr. Shield in Italy 1791. (Sung by Mr. Webster at Concert Hall, Sept. 25, 1809), Music by William Shield." "The Pride of Our Plain. Words by Amyntas. Music by Frances Mallet. Accompaniment for harp or pianoforte. (Just published June 14, 1802.) (Sung by Mrs. Graupner April 23, 1802 in the Federal Theatre.)" "The Harper's Song. Words from Rokeby Cottage Melodies No. 1. Composed and arranged by T. V. Weisenthal with accompaniment for harp or pianoforte. Copyright Feb. 6, 1821." "When Shall We Three Meet Again, ballad, by William Horsley, Mus. Bae. Oxon. Accompaniment pianoforte or harp." And in issues (numbered 9, 13, and 22) of the Journal of Music 20 of the year 1810 are to be found the following song scores: "Romance de Michel Ange" (song with piano or harp, music by Nicolo lsouard). "La Le9on: Romance du Bouffe et la Tailleur" (Song with piano or harp, music by P. Gaveaux). "Little Winny Wilkins, a favorite Song by Mr. Cherry, composed with an accompaniment for the flute and pianoforte or harp." Moore 2 1 mentions an advertisement by S. Pucci in 1815 that mentions his concerts on the "Fashionable and Much Admired King David's Pedal Harp"; and Mangler22 has found reference to Miss Victoire Boudet, an American harpist who studied at the Paris Conservatory with H. Gilles and returned to present programs in Philadelphia from 1815 to 1824 (playing both harp and piano). Meantime, 'First Lady' Louisa Johnson Adams (Mrs. John Quincy Adams), who was one of the most brilliant of 19th-century hostesses in the White House, owned a harp and had her portrait painted with it. (Both the portrait and the harp may now be seen at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.). Probably the best-known harpist of the early 19th century was Miss Sophia Hewitt, daughter of the renowned musician and music publisher, James L. Hewitt of New York. We find a number of articles and notices about her in the publication Euterpeiad, of Musical Intelligencer, published in Boston in that period. One of these references states that from 1812 to 1816 "her studies were closely pursued, under Dr. G. ~- Jackson, and afterwards by Messrs. Ferrand and Moran, on the Harp and Pianoforte" in New York.23 (Perhaps this "Moran" is the same person as the "Morans" listed above as a composer of variations for the harp.) Miss Hewitt advertised often in this same publication: "Miss Hewitt begs leave to inform her friends that she teaches Piano Forte, Harp, and Singing."24 Her marriage to Paul Louis Ostinelli, a violinist, was one of the big social events in Boston in 1822; and together they opened a school of music and French.25 Another advertisement of harp instruction in a Boston publication of 1808 is quoted by Johnson:2 6 "L. Boucherie, Apply at Mr. Graupner's. Lately from Europe, Piano Forte, Harp, and singing accompanied in the Italian manner. F . Fontaine, a friend, repairs instruments." There was in Boston about this time a Mr. P. Lewis, AMERICAN HARP JOURNAL
teacher of practically any kind of music. He may have been an opportunist, or it is possible that he was sincerely interested in music education for children; at any rate, he presented his own offspring as examples of his teaching prowess, having them perform on organ, pianoforte, violin, and pedal harp. He took them to Portland, Maine, in 1819, to present what he advertised as an "Extraordinary Concert." On the program appeared: "Sonata-Pedal Harp, Master P. Lewis, after only seven weeks' practice on that difficult instrument ... by Bartholomew" "Sonatina-Pedal Harp, in which are introduced the favorite airs of blue-eyed Mary and the Copenhagen Waltz" (Master P. Lewis was 8 years old at the time.) This Mr. Lewis was from England and had settled in Boston, where he first taught piano, singing and violin, and later added instruction on harp ("that most elegant of all instruments") for females. 27 In New York in 1825 a Mme. Malibran, who was an opera singer of renown, liked to accompany herself on the harp for encores. 28 And in a diary of 1832, of C. C. Baldwin, mention is made of a Mme. Papanti who played the harp on Sundays at Dr. Bancroft's church while her husband played French horn (" ... which, with two flutes, a base viol, and violin, make very good musick. ")2 9 MISCELLANY If one searches diligently the pages of some of the musical publications of the early 19th century, he will come across a few references, poems, and articles dealing with the harp in quaint and sentimental styleand even occasional scientific reports on harp construction or historical references to the harp. In 1817 and 1818, for example, the "Ladies Literary Museum" 30 advertised a book of poems by Henry C. Lewis, entitled "The Lyre of Love and Harp of Sorrow" and quotes one of its sonnets ("Lay IX"): "Tho' oft and long I've sung my varied woes And tuned my willow'd harp to notes of grief; No one has sought to soothe me to repose Or give my broken heart the least relief ... " (This volume was said to be illustrated with a colored print-which might also be ordered separately--entitled: "The Harp of Erin strung to the memory of Emmett, on his Last Request, expressed in his address before Lord Norbury"). A short and very concise description of the famous 11th-century Brian Boru harp of Dublin was printed in the "Literary and Musical Magazine" in 1819, under the title "Particular Description of an Irish Harp. " 31 And "Euterpeiad" in 1820 included an informative article called "Ancient Britons-their mode of singing with the harp." This tells of the Welsh custom of singing with a harpist, who improvises variations (a traditional part of the annual festival known as the Eisteddfod in Wales). 32 The same publication in 1820 33 announced Dizi's new harp patent (a claim which should be questioned, since it describes exactly the invention of Erard-not SUMMER/1976 Dizi-patented in 1811 ): "These improvements consist in producing from the same string three semitones, by means of machinery which acts inside of two or more plates, between which the strings pass, and in an index to denote the key of the Harp ... (etc.)" An intriguing device called "Self-Action Harp" was announced by "Euterpeiad" in 1821 34 : "Messrs. Clementi and Co. of London have invented a new instrument which is likely to prove at once pleasing and useful. It works by barrels like a barrel organ, but the action takes place on the strings in the manner of a pianoforte ... it is provided with flutes and a triangle ... the action is mechanically produced ... wound up occasionally." The following comments appeared in "Euterpeiad" in 1820, under the title, "On the propriety of pupils in music, tuning their instruments": "... Anyone who will take the trouble to inquire, will find that not one Lady in a hundred can tune her Piano Forte, Harp, Guitar or Lute, and this because she does not know the relative sounds of what is required in common tuning of 5 ths and octaves ..." 35 The unnamed writer goes on to exhort teachers to train their pupils in tuning. THE INSTRUMENTS Morse has included in her book, Furniture of the Olden Time, 36 a photograph of a harp made before 1800, belonging to Mrs. Reed Lawton of Worcester. It is described as "carved, painted in colors, finished with a varnish like the vernis martin, the general effect being a golden brown"; and Mrs. Morse noted that i\ is much like a harp which belonged to Marie Antoinette. This is a single action harp and appears to be French, probably manufactured by Erard when he was still employing the single action mechanism. Similar harps are also preserved as part of the furnishings of "Stratford" (the Virginia home built in 1725, where Robert E. Lee was born), 37 and the James F. D. Lanier home in Madison, Indiana (built in 1844 ), 38 and others. "Harp-lutes" and "harp strings in sets" were advertised for sale in the "New England Palladium" of October 27, 1815, by Dickson's Store, Boston. 39 Following are other importers' advertisements of that period: "A. Mathieu has the honor of informing the Ladies and Gentlemen of Boston and Vicinity that he has opened a music store, where will be found an assortment of Lyres, Spanish Guitars, Harps, Pianofortes ... " ("Euterpeiad," May 20, 1820. Vol. I, No. 8) " ... Elegant pedal, Aeolian and plain harps ... harp strings ... " Franklin Music House, Boston. 40 ("Euterpeiad," April 15, 1820. Vol. I, No. 3) Although there is no indication that harps were manufactured in the United States in the early nineteenth century, there were musical "inventions" along with all the other manifestations of American inventive genius in that period. One of these was described by Thomas 7
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