The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

Solo works

* Elias Parish Alvars **Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo **La Mandoline, Op.84 **Fantaisie sur ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' **''

Lucia di Lammermoor ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel ''The Bride of Lammermoor''. ...

'' Fantasia No. 2, Op 79 **Fantasia on Themes from ''

Oberon Oberon () is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the Fair ...

'' **''Grand Study in Imitation of the Mandoline'' **"Hebrew Air", from ''Voyage No. 3'' **"Chanson grec", from ''Voyage No. 6'' **"Sultan's Parade", from ''Voyage No. 3'' **''La Danse des fées'', Op 76 **''Marche favorite du Sultan'' **"Prayer" from ''

Mosè in Egitto ''Mosè in Egitto'' (; "''Moses in Egypt''") is a three-act opera written by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, which was based on a 1760 play by Francesco Ringhieri, ''L'Osiride''. It premièred on 5 March 1818 at ...

'' **Serenade, Op. 83 **Romance No. 1 **Romance No. 2 **over 80 pieces *

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

**Sonata for Harp in G major, Wq.139 *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

**Six Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 (for harp or piano, composed before 1793) *

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

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Sequenza II ''Sequenza'' (Italian for "sequence") is the name borne by fourteen compositions for solo instruments or voice by Luciano Berio. The pieces, some of which call for extended techniques, are: *''Sequenza I'' (1958; rev. 1992) for flute *''Sequenza ...

'' (1963) *

François-Adrien Boieldieu François-Adrien Boieldieu (, also ) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". His date of birth was also cited as December 15 by his biographer and writer Lucien Augé de Lass ...

**Harp Sonata (1795) *

Nimrod Borenstein Nimrod Borenstein ( he, נמרוד בורנשטיין; born in 1969) is a British-French-Israeli composer whose music is widely performed throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Japan. His works are becoming part of the repertoire of ma ...

**Etude Poème opus 8 (1995) ** Nocturne opus 46 (2007) *

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

**Suite for Harp (1969) **

A Ceremony of Carols ''A Ceremony of Carols,'' Op. 28, is an extended choral composition for Christmas by Benjamin Britten scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. The text, structured in eleven movements, is taken from ''The English Galaxy of Shor ...

(harp accompanies SSA choir) **Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus (harp accompanies tenor) **''

A Birthday Hansel ''A Birthday Hansel'', Op. 92, is a song cycle for 'high voice' and harp composed by Benjamin Britten and set to texts by Robert Burns. The last song cycle that Britten wrote, it was composed in honour of the Queen Mother's 75th birthday, at the ...

'' (harp accompanies high voice) *

David Bruce (composer) David Bruce (born 1970) is a British composer of contemporary classical music and a YouTuber. Early life Bruce was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1970, but grew up in England. He began his undergraduate music studies in 1988 at the Univers ...

**''Caja de Musica'' (2009) *

Howard J. Buss Howard J. Buss (born January 6, 1951 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Buss’ works include instrumental solos, chamber music, symphonic, choral, and band works. His music has received awards, ...

**Awakening (2010) **Vega of Lyra "The Harp Star" (2013) *

Gary Schocker Gary Schocker (born October 18, 1959) is an American flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic (at age 15, in a nationally televised Young People's Concert), the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphon ...

(b. 1959) ** Garden in Harp *

Garrett Byrnes Garrett Byrnes (born December 30, 1971) is an American composer. Byrnes was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany while his father was stationed at the U.S. Army Base there, and relocated to New Jersey in the United States. He studied music composit ...

(b. 1971) **Valley of Butterflies (2011) **Sizzle (2009) **Amhrán Slán (2001) **Visions in Twilight (2000) *

André Caplet André Caplet (23 November 1878 – 22 April 1925) was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy and completed the orchestration of several of Debussy's compositions as well as arrangements of severa ...

**''Déchiffrage'' (1910) **''Divertissement à la française'' (1924) **''Divertissement à l'espagnole'' (1924) *

Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...

**''Bariolage'' (1992) * Julian Cochran **''Four Preludes and Nocturne for Concert Harp'' **''Two Valses for Concert Harp'' *Gilad Cohen **''Doaa and Masa'' (2016) *

David Conte David Conte (born 1955) is an American composer who has written over 150 works published by E.C. Schirmer (a division of ECS Publishing), including six operas, a musical, works for chorus, solo voice, orchestra, chamber music, organ, piano, guita ...

**Marian Variations (2006) *

Carson Cooman Carson P. Cooman (born June 12, 1982, Rochester, New York) is an American composer and organist. Cooman was first given piano lessons as a three-year-old and began studying organ under Bruce Klanderman at age ten. He graduated from Allendale Colu ...

**Sun Figment for Harp (2002) *

Jean-Michel Damase Jean-Michel Damase (27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Career Damase was born in Bordeaux, the son of harpist Micheline Kahn. He was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at the a ...

**Aubade **Introduction et Toccata **Pluie **Sarabande **Sicilienne variée **Tango pour harpe **Thème et variations **Thirty Etudes *

Jan Ladislav Dussek Jan Ladislav Dussek (baptized Jan Václav Dusík, Černušák, p. 271 with surname also written as Duschek or Düssek; 12 February 176020 March 1812) was a Czech classical composer and pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music ...

**Sonata with 'The Lass of Richmond Hill' in F, C. 183 (c.1800) **Three Sonatas (1797), possibly by

Sophia Dussek Sophia Giustina Dussek (née Corri; later Moralt; Edinburgh, 1 May 1775 – London, ca. 1831) was a Scottish singer, pianist, harpist, and composer of Italian descent. In 1792, Dussek married the composer Jan Ladislav Dussek. Following Jan's d ...

***No. 1 in B flat, C. 12 ***No. 2 in G, C. 13 ***No. 3 in C minor, C. 14 **Six Sonatinas (1799), definitely by J.L. Dussek ***No. 1 in C, C. 160 ***No. 2 in F, C. 161 ***No. 3 in G, C. 162 ***No. 4 in B flat, C. 163 ***No. 5 in F, C. 164 ***No. 6 in E flat, C. 165 *

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

**Impromptu, Op. 86 (1904) **''Une châtelaine en sa tour'', Op. 110 (1918) *

Graham Fitkin Graham Fitkin (born 19 April 1963) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. His compositions fall broadly into the minimalist and postminimalist genres. Described by ''The Independent'' in 1998 as "one of the most important of our younger co ...

**Skirting (2004) **Scent for Wire Harp (2007) *

Peggy Glanville-Hicks Peggy Winsome Glanville-Hicks (29 December 191225 June 1990) was an Australian composer and music critic. Biography Peggy Glanville Hicks, born in Melbourne, first studied composition with Fritz Hart at the Albert Street Conservatorium in Me ...

** Harp Sonata (1953) *

Félix Godefroid Dieudonné-Félix Godefroid (24 July 1818 - 12 July 1897) was a Belgian harpist, who composed for his instrument and for the piano. Félix Godefroid was born at Namur, where his father failed in a theatre venture and moved the family to Boulogn ...

**Carnaval de Venise, Op.184 **La danse des Sylphes **Etude de concert, Op. 193 **Le coucou **La harpe éolienne * Alphonse Hasselmans **''Gitana'', Op. 21 **''La Source'', Op. 44 **Three Préludes, Opp. 51–3 *

Patrick Hawes Patrick Hawes (born 1958) is a British composer, conductor, organist and pianist. Biography Born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the son of publican parents, Hawes grew up in pubs along the Lincolnshire coast and was educated at De Aston School. ...

**How Hill (2009) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

**Harp Sonata (1939) *

Alan Hovhaness Alan Hovhaness (; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American-Armenian composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and ...

**Nocturne (1935; rev. 1959) **Harp Sonata (1954) **Suite for Harp (1973) *

Bertold Hummel Bertold Hummel (27 November 1925 – 9 August 2002) was a German composer of modern classical music. Life Bertold Hummel was born in Hüfingen, Baden. He studied at the Academy of Music in Freiburg from 1947 to 1954, taking composition with Har ...

**''Gregorian Fantasy'' for Harpe solo op. 97b (1994) *

Louis-Emmanuel Jadin Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (21 September 1768 – 11 April 1853) was a French composer, pianist and harpsichordist. Jadin was born in Versailles. He learned piano from his brother Hyacinthe Jadin and later worked at the Théâtre de Monsieur. His fir ...

**Fantaisie Concertante in G for harp, piano and orchestra *

Karel Janovický Karel Janovický (born 18 February 1930) is a Czech composer, pianist, BBC producer and administrator who has lived in the UK since 1950, one of the youngest of the group of European émigré composers who came to live and work in Britain during t ...

**Sonata for Harp (2000) * Francois Couture **Songes (2015) **La suite du printemps (2020) **Sonate auprès de la rivière (2021) * Valeri Kikta **''Ossian'', suite for harp (1965) **Four poems of Osman (1969) **Two Pieces (1972) **Romantic Variations on a Theme by Lyudkevich (1978) **Sonata No. 1 ''Sonata Lamentosa'' (1980) **Sonata No. 2 ''Bylina Scales'' in E flat major (1982) **Fantasy on themes from P.I. Tchaikovsky's 'Pique Dame' (1982) **''At the Smoldering Chimney'', fantasy for harp (1983) * Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz **Harp Sonata, Op. 10 (c.1787) **Four ''Sonates non difficiles'' with optional violin or cello, Op. 12 (c.1787) **Four ''Sonates chantantes'' with optional violin, Op.16 (c1788), no.3 ed. in T-B **''Recueil de douze préludes et petits airs'', Op. 2 (c. 1776) **Duo for two harps, Op. 5 (c. 1777) **''Recueil contenant différens petits airs variés'', 1 sonata and 1 ''petit duo'' for two harps, Op. 10 (c. 1787) * Théodore Labarre **''Méthode complète pour le harpe'' (1844) **Fantaisies on operatic themes after

Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

and others **Numerous concert works *

Fabien Lévy Fabien Lévy (born 11 December 1968) is a French composer. Biography Lévy was born in Paris, France. After having been a jazz pianist, he studied composition with Gérard Grisey, orchestration with Marc–André Dalbavie and ethnomusicology wi ...

**Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent * Peter Machajdík **''Nell'autunno del suo abbraccio insonne'' (2003) **''Flower full of Gardens'' (2010) **''Ulity'' (2014) **''Rivers Connect'' (2019) **''Benefits of Breathing'' (2020) *

Fabio Mengozzi Fabio Mengozzi (born May 12, 1980, in Asti) is an Italian composer and pianist. Biography Fabio Mengozzi studied piano with Aldo Ciccolini, orchestral conducting and composition, masterclasses with Azio Corghi at the Accademia Nazionale di Sa ...

**Arabesque (2011) **Diario d'arpa (2011) **Poema della trasmigrazione (2012) **Romanza al cielo (2012) **Rosa (2012) **Crux (2012) **Novella (2013) **Moto fluttuante (2014) **Primavera, stormi frementi nel silenzio del tramonto (2021) **Estate, luce di stelle nella notte (2021) **Autunno, petali sopiti nel vento (2021) **Inverno, neve cadente nel gelo dell'alba (2021) *

Shai Cohen Shai Cohen ( he, שי כהן; b.1968, in Haifa) is an Israeli music educator and composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Shai Cohen is a composer-researcher, educator, and jazz performer, ex-chairman of the Israeli Composers' Leagu ...

**Nuance for Harp and Live electronics (2011) **I saw a rainbow in a puddle for amplified Harp and live electronics (2019) *

Sergiu Natra Sergiu Natra (12 April 1924 – 23 February 2021) was an Israeli composer of classical music. (Print version: Sadie, Stanley (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', Macmillan, 1980, Vol. 13 p. 76. ) Among Natra's creations: ...

**Sonatina **Prayer **A Book of Hebrew Songs **Ballade millenaire **Cantosonata (2011) *

Lior Navok Lior Navok (born September 6, 1971) (Hebrew: ליאור נבוק) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist. He was born in Tel Aviv. His music has been performed internationally by orchestras and ensembles including the Oper Frankf ...

**East of the Cane Fields *

Charles Oberthür Charles Oberthür (14 September 1845 – 1 June 1924) was a French amateur entomologist specializing in lepidoptera. Biography Charles Oberthür was born in Rennes, the son of the printer François-Charles Oberthür and Marie Hamelin, and brot ...

**''Reminiscences de Suisse'', Op. 3 **''Souvenir de Genève'', Op. 4 **''Souvenir de Londres''. Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur un thême original, Op. 26 **''Souvenir de Boulogne''. Nocturne, Op. 30 **''La Belle Emmeline''. Impromptu, Op. 51 **''Trois Mélodies religieuses'', Op. 52 **''Gems of German Songs''. Twelve Recreations, Op. 61 **''Le Désir'', Op. 65 **''Au bord de la mer''. Nocturne, Op. 68 **''Bel chiaro di luna''. Impromptu, Op. 91 **''La Sylphide''. Morceau caractéristique, Op. 150 **''Seaside Rambles''. Four Musical Sketches, Op. 158 **''Le Réveil des elfes''. Morceau caractéristique, Op. 181 **''A Fairy Legend'', Op. 182 **''Erin, oh! Erin!'' Mélodie irlandaise favorite, Op. 183 **''Conte de fées''. Caprice, Op. 301 **''Le Papillon''. Caprice, Op. 317 *

Henri O'Kelly Joseph Pierre Henri O'Kelly (23 June 1859 – 15 March 1938) was a Franco-Irish composer, pianist, organist and choir director, based in Paris. A minor composer in the Impressionist school, as a conductor he made outstanding contributions to French ...

**''Prélude pour harpe chromatique'' (1900) **''Rêverie pastorale'' (1900) *

Francesco Petrini Francesco Petrini (1744–1819) was a harpist and composer. Petrini, whose father was harpist of the chapel royal in Berlin, became famous in Paris for his compositions ''Variations'' and ''Concerto for harp in E flat major''. Much of his work re ...

**Sonatas for harp (violin ad lib) ***6 as Op. 1 (1769) ***6 as Op. 3 ***2 as Op. 4 ***Third book, Op. 9 ***Fourth Book, Op. 10 (c.1780) ***1 as Op. 39 ***4 as Op. 40 (1801) **Airs with variations ***First collection, Op. 2 (1774) ***Second collection, Op. 8 (1774) ***Seventh collection, Op. 15 (1779) ***Op. 16 (1779) ***Op. 17 (c. 1780-5) **Airs, ouvertures, sonata movements, published in Delamanière at Delaplanque (c.1790) **Variations on 'Le Réveil du peuple de Gaveaux', 'Vive Henri IV', 'Bataille du Wagram', etc. published separately *

Gabriel Pierné Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. Biography Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germ ...

**Impromptu-caprice, Op. 9 (1885) *

Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean Anna-Maria Yordanova Ravnopolska-Dean ( bg, Анна-Мария Йорданова Равнополска-Дийн), born 3 August 1960, Sofia, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian and American harpist, composer, pedagogue, musicologist and TV host. Biogr ...

**Improvisation (2003) **The Turtle's Castle (2003) **Four Compositions for Harp on Haiku Poetry (2003) **Suite of 8 Dances: Laendler, Tango, Fandango, Horo, Kazachok, Arabian dance, Pavane (2004) **Fantasy on Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata' (2005) **Two Haiku Pieces on Basho (2006) **The Mystic Trumpeter (2006) **Five Haiku Pieces 'Solo Honkadorae Renga' (2006) *

Henriette Renié Henriette Renié (; 18 September 1875 – 1 March 1956) was a French harpist and composer who is known for her many original compositions and transcriptions, as well as codifying a method for harp that is still used today. She was a musical pr ...

**Contemplation (1902) **Concerto pour harpe et orchestre (in C minor) (1901) **Légende d'après 'Les Elfes' de Leconte de Lisle **Six Pièces (Conte de Noël, Recueillement, Air de danse, Invention dans le Style ancien, Rêverie, Gavotte) **Contemplation **Danse des lutins **Feuillets d'album (Esquisse, Danse d'autrefois, Angelus) **Pièce symphonique en trois episodes **Promenade matinale, deux pièces pour Harpe **Deux pièces symphoniques (Élégie, Danse caprice) **Ballade fantastique d'après 'Le Cœur révélateur' d'Edgar Poë) **2e Ballade pour harpe **Andante Religioso *

Marcel Grandjany Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany ( ) (3 September 1891 – 24 February 1975) was a French-American harpist and composer. Biography Early life Marcel Grandjany was born in Paris and began the study of the harp at the age of eight with Henriet ...

**Rhapsodie pour la harpe(1922 or earlier) *

Joaquín Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez (; 22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the ''Concierto de Aranjuez'', a cornerstone of the classical gui ...

**Impromptu (1959) *

Nino Rota Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota (), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visco ...

**Sarabanda e Toccata **Sonata *

Albert Roussel Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...

**Impromptu, Op. 21 (1919) *

John Rutter John Milford Rutter (born 24 September 1945) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. Biography Born on 24 September 1945 in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutte ...

**Many choral hymns and anthems with harp accompaniment, w/w/o orchestral accompaniment *

Kaija Saariaho Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Inter ...

**Fall (Maa) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

**Fantaisie, Op. 95 *

Salvatore Sciarrino Salvatore Sciarrino (born 4 April 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Described as "the best-known and most performed Italian composer" of the present day, his works include ''Quaderno di strada'' (2003) and ''La porta d ...

**Addio a Trachis * Leon Schidlowsky **Five Pieces for Harp *

Michael Seltenreich Michael Seltenreich (born 1988 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer of contemporary classical music who resides in New York City. He is the sole Israeli composer to win the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award and a recipient of the Israel Prime Minis ...

**Inertia for Harp * Dave Smith **A propos de rien (1999) *

Juan María Solare Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist. Education Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano (María Teresa Criscuolo), composition (Fermina Casanova, Juan Carlos Zo ...

**White horse falling asleep (2012) **Progressive Empathy (2022) *

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...

**Fantasia in C minor, Op. 35 (1807) **Variations on Méhul's 'Je suis encore dans mon printemps', Op. 36 (1807) **Variations in E, WoO 29 (1808), lost *

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sai ...

**Le Petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu **Sonate **Sonata alla Scarlatti *

Josef Tal Josef Tal ( he, יוסף טל; September 18, 1910 – August 25, 2008) was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; ...

**Intrada (1959) **Structure (1961) **Concerto for harp & electronic music (1971/1980) **Dispute (1989) *

Marcel Tournier Marcel Lucien Tournier (January 5, 1879 – May 8, 1951) was a French harpist, composer, and teacher who composed important solo repertory for the harp that expanded the technical and harmonic possibilities of the instrument. His works are regula ...

**Berceuse **Berceuse Russe, Op. 40 **Ce que chante la pluie d'automne, Op. 49 **Deux Petites pièces **Deuxième Sonatine, Op. 45 **Encore une Bôite à Musique, Op. 43 **Étude de concert (Au matin) **Féerie **Fresque Marine, Op. 46 **Images, Op. 29 Suite 1 **Images, Op. 31 Suite 2 **Images, Op. 35 Suite 3 **Images, Op. 39 Suite 4 **Jazz Band, Op. 33 **Pièces nègres, Op. 41 **Quatre Préludes, Op. 16 **Six Noëls, Op. 32 **Sonatine, Op. 30 **Thème et variations **Vers la source dans le bois

Two or more harps

**Island of the Mysterious Bells (4 harps) * Peter Machajdík **''Whilst You Dreamt'' (2003) *

**Symbolon (two harps) *

**Duo for two harps (or harp and piano), Op. 7 (1773?) **Duo for two harps (violin, basso continuo, ad lib), Op. 31 *

Timothy Salter Timothy Salter (born in Mexborough, Yorkshire in 1942) is an English composer, conductor and pianist. Biography Timothy Salter studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he won the John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship in sacred music. His ...

**Three Intermezzi (two harps)

Carlos Salzedo Carlos Salzedo (6 April 1885 – 17 August 1961) was a French harpist, pianist, composer and conductor. His compositions made the harp into a virtuoso instrument. He influenced many composers with his new ideas for the harp's sounds through his w ...

*Pentangle (two harps) *

**Plenitude in rotation (four harps) (2012)

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...

**'' Freude'' (Joy), for two harps ('' Klang: zweite Stunde'', 2005) * John Thomas **''Scenes of Childhood'', for 2 harps (1863) **''Cambria'', for 2 harps (1863) *

**Quatre Préludes, Op. 16 (2 harps) *

**Sonata for Four Harps * Leon Schidlowsky **Duetto

Chamber works

William Alwyn William Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith; 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. Life and music William Alwyn was born William Alwyn Smith in Northampton, the son of Ada Tyler (Tompkins ...

**Suite for Oboe and Harp (1944) *Stefan Beyer **''Die schreien Salz'', for bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, violin, and violoncello (2008/2009) *

**Duos for harp and piano ***No. 1 (1796) ***No. 2 (1796) ***No. 3 (c.1800), lost **Air and nine variations for harp and piano (1803), lost *

Jeremy Beck Jeremy Beck (born 1960) is an American composer who "knows the importance of embracing the past while also going his own way." The critic Mark Sebastian Jordan has said that "Beck was committed to tonality and a recognizable musical vernacular l ...

**''Ghosts'' for flute and harp (1985) **Sonata for flute, violin, cello and harp (1986) **''Songs Without Words'' for flute and harp (1998) *

**''Alpine Spring'' for flute and harp (2008) **''Inner Quest'' for flute and harp (2011) **''Saint Francis and the Animals'' for flute, clarinet and harp (2013) **''Seaside Reflections'' for flute and harp (1993) **''Seaside Reflections'' for oboe and harp (1993) **''Seaside Reflections'' for clarinet and harp (2011) **''Zoom'' for bass trombone (or tuba) and harp (2011) *

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**''Moon Songs'' for soprano and harp (2011) **''Villanelle'' for violin and harp (2006) *

**''Trilogy'' for oboe and harp (1992) **''Luimen'' for trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, mandolin, guitar, and harp (1997) **''Mosaic'' for flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), harp, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (2004) **''Trije glasbeniki'' for flute, bass clarinet, and harp (2011) * Jeremy Cavaterra **''Trio for Harp, Flute, and Viola'' (2012) **''Capriccio Concertante'' for clarinet, string quartet, bass, and harp (2017) * Julian Cochran **''Artemis'' for violin, cor anglais and harp *Gilad Cohen **''Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp'' (2010) **''Firefly Elegy'' for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and harp (2017) * Francois Couture **La suite foraine for Flute, viola and Harp (2015) **La suite au chalet for Oboe and Harp (2019) **La suite de la table d'hôte for Violin and Harp (2021) **Sonate aux arômes boisés for Viola and Harp (2021) **Sonate aux champs for Viola and Harp (2021) *

**Trio for flute, cello and harp (1947) **Trio for flute, viola and harp (1947) **Quintet for flute, harp and string trio, Op. 2 (1948) **Sonata for clarinet and harp (1984) **Second Sonata for flute and harp **''Adage'' for trumpet and harp *

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

**Music for ''Chansons de Bilitis'' for two flutes, two harps, and celesta, L. 96 (1900-1) **''Danses sacrée et profane'' for harp and string quintet, L. 103 (1904) ** Sonata for harp, flute, and viola, L. 137 (1915) **Trio Sonata for flute, viola, and harp (2012) *

Joël-François Durand Joël-François Durand (born 17 September 1954) is a French composer. Biography Born in Orléans, Durand studied mathematics, music education and piano in Paris, then composition with Brian Ferneyhough in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (1981–8 ...

**''Le Tombeau de Rameau'' for flute, viola and harp (2008) *

**Duo in F for harp and piano, C. 63 (c.1789) **Duetto in F for harp and piano, C. 102 (1794) **Two pieces for harp, violin, and cello (1797) ***No. 1 in E flat, C. 147 ***No. 2 in B flat, C. 148 **Duet in E flat for harp and piano, C. 170 (1799) **Two Duettinos for harp and piano (c.1802) ***No. 1 in C, C. 189 ***No. 2 in F, C. 190 **Three Duos concertants for harp and piano **No. 1 in B flat, C. 234 (1810) **No. 2 in E flat, C. 239 (1811) **No. 3 in F, C. 243 (1811) *

Vladimír Godár Vladimír Godár (born 16 March 1956, in Bratislava) is a Slovak classical and film score composer. He is also known for his collaboration with the Czech violinist, singer, and composer Iva Bittová. As an academic, he is a writer, editor, and ...

**''Barcarolle'', for violin (or cello), strings, harp and harpsichord (1993/1995) **''La Canzona refrigerativa dell arpa di Davide (David's Refreshing Harp Song)'', for cello & harp (1999) *

Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...

**''Garden of Joy and Sorrow'', for harp, flute and viola *

Lou Harrison Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his form ...

**''The Perilous Chapel'', for harp, flute, cello and percussion (1948) *

**Earth Rise (2011) for harp and oboe **Reflexionem (2006) for harp and cello *

Gilad Hochman Gilad Hochman ( he, גילעד הוכמן; born 26 July 1982 in Herzliya) is an Israeli classical music composer. Education Hochman was born to an Odessa native father and a Paris native mother and currently resides in Berlin, Germany. He began ...

**''Prayer without Words'' for soprano saxophone and Harp (2018) *

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 to ...

**Petite suite for flute, viola and harp *

**''The World Beneath the Sea'' ***No. 1, for harp, alto saxophone, vibraphone, timpani and gong (1954) ***No. 2, for harp, clarinet, timpani bells (chimes or glockenspiel), and double bass (1963) **''Koke no Niwa'', for English horn (or B flat clarinet), 2 percussion and harp (1954; rev. 1960) **''The Garden of Adonis'', for flute and harp (or piano) (1971) **''Firdausi'', for clarinet, harp and percussion (1972) **''Spirit of Tress'', for harp and guitar (1983) **''Starry Night'', for flute, xylophone and harp **Sonata for flute and harp (1987) **''Sno Qualmie'', for harp, clarinet, timpani, chimes, and double bass *

**''Duo concertante'' for Harp and Violoncello Op.33 (1968) *

Airat Ichmouratov Airat Rafailovich Ichmouratov (russian: Айрат Рафаилович Ишмуратов, Tatar Cyrillic: Айрат Рафаил улы Ишмурат,) born 28 June 1973) is a Volga Tatar born Russians, Russian / Canadians, Canadian composer ...

**Trio for Harp, Viola and Flute "Fujin's Dream" Op.58 (2018) *

Nigel Keay Nigel Keay (born 1955) is a New Zealand composer. He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher. Nigel Keay has held the following composer residencies: Mozart Fellowship, University of Otago 1986 ...

**''Terrestrial Mirror'' for flute, viola & harp (2005) * Valeri Kikta **''Antique Visions'' for clarinet and harp (1977) **Sonata for violin and harp (1998) * Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz **6 harp sonatas with violin, Op. 1 (c.1775) **4 harp sonatas with violin, double bass, and two horns, Op. 3 (c.1776) **6 harp sonatas, Op. 8 (c. 1780), nos. 1-5 with violin or flute **''Collection de pièces de différens genres distribuées en 6 sonates'' with piano, Opp. 13–14 (c.1788) **4 ''Sonates en forme de scènes de différens caractères'' with piano, Op. 15 (c.1788) **3 ''Sonates … dont la 1er en forme de scène'' with violin, Op. 17 (c.1789) **2 ''Sonates en forme de scènes'' with piano, Op. 18 (c.1789) **Andante for harp and violin, Op. 19 (c.1789) * Théodore Labarre **Duos for harp and horn **Trios for harp, horn, and bassoon, Op. 6 **''Grand duo du couronnement'' for harp and piano, Op. 104 (1841) **Numerous salon pieces for harp and piano **Romance for violin and harp *

Lowell Liebermann Lowell Liebermann (born February 22, 1961 in New York City) is an American composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career At the age of sixteen, Liebermann performed at Carnegie Hall, playing his Piano Sonata, op. 1. He studied at the Juilliar ...

**Sonata for flute and harp, Op. 56 (1996) *

Raymond Luedeke Raymond Luedeke (born 1944) is an American / Canadian composer of contemporary classical music. Praised for his idiosyncratic instrumental writing and for his orchestration, Luedeke has more recently concentrated on works for music theatre. Althou ...

**The Moon in the Labyrinth for harp and string quartet (or string orch.) **The Lyre of Orpheus for harp and string quartet (or for harp duo) **Fairy Tales for harp and flute (also piccolo) **Five Pieces for harp, flute, and cello **Aurora for flute and harp *

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He bec ...

**Musique de Chambre No. 1 (clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano) *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

**''The Evening Bell'' in B flat for harp and piano MWV Q 20 (1829) *

**Phoenix (violin and harp) **Ousia (harp and piano) **Ousia II (flute, cello, harp, piano) **Auriga (harp and piano) *

**''Music For Violin and Harp'' **''Music For Harp and Three Brass Instruments'' (trumpet, trombone, & French horn) **''Music for Nicanor'' (harp, flute, clarinet & string quartet) **''Commentaires sentimentaux'' (flute, viola and harp) **''Two Sacred Songs'' (soprano, violin, cello, harp & organ) **''Ancient Walls'' (trombone & harp) **''Ancient Walls'' (horn & harp) **Trio in One Movement nr. 2 (2 French horns & harp) **''Deux poemes'' (voice & harp) **Sonata for Harp and String Quartet **Divertimento for Harp and String Quartet with D.B. **Divertimento for Harp and String Quartet without D.B. **Divertimento for Harp and String Orch. *

**''Al Mishkavi Baleylot'', for soprano and harp **Quartet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp **''Veiled Echoes'', for flute, viola and harp *

**''Souvenir à Schwalbach'', Op. 42 for horn and harp **''Mon séjour à Darmstadt'', Op. 90 for horn and harp **Trio, Op. 139 for violin, cello, harp **Trio, Op. 162 for violin, cello, harp (1867) **''Orpheus'', Op. 253 for harp and piano **''Sweet Dreams'', Op. 300 for clarinet and piano * Elias Parish Alvars **Grande fantaisie brillante for harp and piano (1838), based on themes from ''

Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', both ...

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La sonnambula ''La sonnambula'' (''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the '' bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eug ...

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Carl Czerny Carl Czerny (; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and ...

**Airs with variations ***Third collection (1774) for harp, violin, and oboe ***Fourth and fifth collections, Opp. 12–13 (c. 1778) for harp, violin, and oboe ***Sixth collection, Op. 14 (1778) for harp, bassoon, and cello **3 preludes for harp and basso continuo *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

**'' Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet'' (1905) *

**Sérénade for flute, string trio, and harp, Op. 30 (1925) *

**Fantasie for violin and harp, Op. 124 *

**Mosaics for flute/picolo, viola and harp *

**''The Enchanted Isle'' (1918) **Harp Concerto No. 1 (1926) **Harp Concerto No. 2 (1953) * Leo Smit **Trio pour Flute, Alto et harpe *

Dave Soldier David Sulzer (born November 6, 1956) is an American neuroscientist and musician. He is a professor at Columbia University Medical Center in the departments of psychiatry, neurology, and pharmacology. Sulzer's laboratory investigates the interact ...

**''Dean Swift's Satyrs for the Very Very Young'' for harp, viola, flute and voice (2011) *

– in many of these works, the harp was to be tuned down a semitone and the music written a semitone higher **Sonatas for harp and violin ***No. 1 in C minor, WoO 23 (1805) ***No. 2 in B flat, Op. 16 (1806) ***No. 3 in E minor/F minor, WoO 27 (c.1806) ***No. 4 in D/E flat, Op. 113 (1806) ***No. 5 in D/E flat, Op. 114 (1811) ***No. 6 in G/A flat, Op. 115 (1809) ***No. 7 in G/A flat, WoO 36 (1819), lost **Sonata movement for harp and violin in G, WoO 24 (1805), incomplete **Introduction in G for harp and violin, WoO 25 (1805) **Trio in E minor/F minor for violin, cello, and harp, WoO 28 (1806) **Rondo in E minor/F minor for violin, cello, and harp, WoO 33 (1813), lost **''Fantasia on Themes by Handel and Vogler'' in B minor/C minor–A/B flat, Op. 118 (1814) *

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

**'' Epitaphium'' for flute, clarinet, and harp (1959) *

Toru Takemitsu TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Toru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Est ...

**''Eucalypts II'', for flute, oboe and harp (1971) **'' Toward the Sea III'', for alto flute and harp (1989) **''And then I knew 'twas Wind'', for flute, viola and harp (1992) *

**''Lament'', for violoncello & harp (1947) **''Hora'', for violoncello & harp (1949) **Duo for trombone & harp (1989) *

**Nocturne (cello, harp and organ) **''La Lettre du jardinier'' (high voice and harp) **''Deux préludes romantiques'' Op. 17 (violin and harp)

Concertante works

Concertos

Mark Adamo Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finn ...

**Four Angels: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (2007) *

Kalevi Aho Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer. Early years Aho began his interest in music at the age of ten, when he discovered a mandolin in his home and began to teach himself how to play it. He soon was taken under the tutelag ...

**''Mearra'', chamber concerto for harp and 13 strings (2016) *

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, and one of the teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a friend of Haydn and Mozart. Biography Albrechtsberger was born at Kl ...

**4 harp concertinos (1772) **Harp Concerto (1773) * Elias Parish Alvars **Three concertos **Two concertinos, one for solo harp, one for two harps *

**''Lyra Angelica'', concerto for harp and string orchestra (1954) *

Henk Badings Henk Badings (hĕngk bä'dĭngz) (17 January 190726 June 1987) was an Indo-Dutch composer. Early life Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Hendrik Herman Ba ...

**Harp Concerto (1967) *

Nicolas-Charles Bochsa Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (9 August 1789 – 6 January 1856) was a harpist and composer. His relationship with Anna Bishop was popularly thought to have inspired that of Svengali and Trilby in George du Maurier's 1894 novel '' Trilby' ...

**Concerto militar **Concerto pour harpe et orchestre No. 1 en ré mineur, Op. 15 *

**Harp Concerto in C Major (1801) *

Ann Carr-Boyd Ann Kirsten Carr-Boyd (born 13 July 1938) is an Australian classical composer and musicologist. She is considered an authority on the history of European music in Australia. Biography Ann Kirsten Wentzel was born in Sydney. Her grandfather W ...

**Fantasy for Harp and Orchestra (1996) *

Paul Constantinescu Paul Constantinescu (; 30 June 1909, Ploieşti – 20 December 1963) was a Romanian composer. Two of his main influences are Romanian folk music and Byzantine chant, both of which he used in his teaching. One of his students was composer Margar ...

**Harp Concerto *

Barry Conyngham Barry Ernest Conyngham, , (born 27 August 1944) is an Australian composer and academic. He has over seventy published works and over thirty recordings featuring his compositions, and his works have been premiered or performed in Australia, Japa ...

**Cloudlines: Concerto for harp and orchestra (1990) *

Henry Cowell Henry Dixon Cowell (; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher and teacher. Marchioni, Tonimarie (2012)"Henry Cowell: A Life Stranger Than Fiction" ''The Juilliard Journal''. Retrieved 19 June 202 ...

**Harp Concerto, L. 947 (1965) *

**Ballade pour harpe et orchestre à cordes **Concertino pour harpe et instruments à cordes *

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer, violinist, and silvologist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart. (webpage has a translation button) Life 1739–1764 Dittersdorf was born in ...

**Concerto for Harp *

Ernő Dohnányi Ernő or Erno is a Finnish and Hungarian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ernő Balogh (1897-1989), Hungarian pianist, composer, editor, and educator *Ernő Bánk (1883-1962), Hungarian painter and teacher * Ernő Bér ...

**Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra (1952) *

**Harp Concerto in E flat, C. 53/265 (1789) **Harp Concerto in F, C. 78/266 (1792) **Harp Concerto in C, C. 129/267 (1795) **''The Favourite Concerto'' in F, C. 158 (1798?) **Harp Concerto in B flat, C. 264 (1813), lost *

Ernst Eichner Ernst Dietrich Adolph Eichner rnesto Eichner(born 15 February 1740 in Arolsen, died early 1777 in Potsdam) was a German bassoonist and composer. Biography Eichner was born to Johann Andreas Eichner (1694–1768), a court musician to the court of ...

**Harp Concerto in C (1769) **Harp Concerto in D (1771?) *

Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Buen ...

** Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1956) *

Reinhold Glière Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (born Reinhold Ernest Glier, which was later converted for standardization purposes; russian: Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр; 23 June 1956), was a Russian Imperial and Soviet composer of German and P ...

** Harp Concerto in E flat, Op. 74 (1938) *

Radamés Gnattali Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. Biography Radamés Gnattali was born in Porto Alegre (the capital of Rio Gr ...

**Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1957) *

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

**Concerto in B-flat major for harp, Op. 4, No. 6, HWV 294 (1738) *

** Highgrove Suite for harp and string orchestra *

Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Award for Best Contempora ...

** Harp Concerto (2018) *

Alun Hoddinott Alun Hoddinott CBE (11 August 1929 – 11 March 2008) was a Welsh composer of classical music, one of the first to receive international recognition. Life and works Hoddinott was born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was educated at Gowert ...

**Harp Concerto, Op. 11 (1957) *

Karl Jenkins Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song " Adiemus" and the ''Adiemus'' album series; '' Palladio''; ''The Armed Man''; and his ''Requiem''. J ...

**''Over the Stone'', a concerto for two harps (2008) *

André Jolivet André Jolivet (; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influe ...

**Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra (1952) *

Joseph Jongen Joseph Marie Alphonse Nicolas Jongen (14 December 1873 – 12 July 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. Biography Jongen was born in Liège, where his parents had moved from Flanders. On the strength of an amazing precocity ...

**Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op.129 (1944) * Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz **Harp Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 4 (c. 1777) **Harp Concertos Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 6 (c. 1777) **Harp Concerto No. 5, Op. 7 (c. 1778) **Harp Concerto No. 6, Op. 9 (c. 1785) * William Lovelock **Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1981) *

William Mathias William James Mathias CBE (1 November 1934 – 29 July 1992) was a Welsh composer noted for choral works. Biography Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and began co ...

**Harp Concerto, Op. 50 (1970) *

Marjan Mozetich Marjan Mozetich (born 1948) is a Canadian composer who has written music for theatre, film and dance, as well as many symphonic works, chamber music, and solo pieces. He has written compulsory competition pieces for the 1992 Banff String Quartet ...

**Concerto for Two Harps and Orchestra, ''The Passion of Angels'' (1995 ) *

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

**Harp Concerto, Op. 323 (1953) *

**Divertimento for Harp (solo) and String Orch. *

**Harp Concertino, Op. 175 (c.1863) *

Giovanni Paisiello Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini. Life Paisiello was born in T ...

**Harp Concerto in A major *

**Two harp concertos arranged from works by "Mr. Bach" and "Mr. J.-B. Davaux", Op. 18 (c.1782) **Harp Concerto No. 1, Op. 25 (1786) **Harp Concerto No. 3, Op. 27 (1793) **Harp Concerto No. 4 in B flat, Op. 29 (1793) *

****Konzertstück, Op.39 (1901) *

Einojuhani Rautavaara Einojuhani Rautavaara (; 9 October 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Rautavaara wrote a List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara, gre ...

**Harp Concerto (2000) *

**Harp Concerto (1901) *

Carl Reinecke Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (23 June 182410 March 1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era. Biography Reinecke was born in what is today the Hamburg district of Altona; technically he was born a Dane, as ...

(1824–1910) **Harp Concerto in E Minor, Opus 182 (1884) *

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Concierto serenata The ''Concierto serenata'' for harp and orchestra was composed in 1952 by Joaquín Rodrigo.Nino Rota Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota (), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visco ...

**Harp Concerto (1947) *

R. Murray Schafer Raymond Murray Schafer (18 July 1933 – 14 August 2021) was a Canadian composer, writer, music educator, and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book ''The Tuning of th ...

**Harp Concerto (1987) * Leo Smit **Concertino pour harpe et orchestre (1933) *

Leo Sowerby Leo Salkeld Sowerby (1 May 1895 – 7 July 1968) was an American composer and church musician. He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946 and was often called the “Dean of American church music” in the early to mid 20th century. Biography ...

**Concerto for Harp and Small Orchestra, H. 123 (1916/1919) * John Thomas **Two harp concertos, including the Concerto in E flat, the only work by a Welsh composer to be performed (1852) during the first hundred years of the history of the

Royal Philharmonic Society The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) is a British music society, formed in 1813. Its original purpose was to promote performances of instrumental music in London. Many composers and performers have taken part in its concerts. It is now a memb ...

**Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1927) *

Boris Tishchenko Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (Russian Бори́с Ива́нович Ти́щенко; 23 March 1939 – 9 December 2010) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist. Life Tishchenko was born in Leningrad. He studied at the Leningrad Music ...

** Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 69 (1977) *

Geirr Tveitt Geirr Tveitt (born Nils Tveit; 19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement in Norwegian cultural life during the 1930s. Life Early years Tveitt was born in Be ...

**Harp Concerto No. 1 (Lost) **Harp Concerto No. 2 "Concerto Eroico" op.170 (1957) *

Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the ...

**Harp Concerto (1953) *

Georg Christoph Wagenseil Georg Christoph Wagenseil (29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Vienna, and became a favorite pupil of the Vienna court's Kapellmeister, Johann Joseph Fux. Wagenseil himself composed for the court from 1 ...

**Concerto for Harp and strings in F, WWV 281 (1761) *

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**On Willows and Birches (2009) * Mario Zafred **Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1956?)

Other concertante works

**Chemins I on Sequenza II (1964) *

(b. 1971) **Capriccio Tempestoso (2010) *

**''Légende'' (1908) after

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The Masque of the Red Death "The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague ...

," revised as ''Conte fantastique'' for harp and string quartet (1922-3) * Don Gillis **Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra (1946) * Valeri Kikta **''Frescos of the St. Sofia Cathedral of Kiev'' for harp and orchestra (1974) **Scottish Suite on Scottish Themes from 16th – 18th centuries for two harps and orchestra (2000) * Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz **Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 for harp and orchestra, Op. 11 (1787) * Théodore Labarre **Fantaisie, Op. 101 (1841) *

**''Macbeth'' Overture, Op. 60 (1852) **''Loreley'', legend, Op. 180 *

**Concertstück, Op. 39 (1903) *

Walter Piston Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University. Life Piston was born in Rockland, Maine at 15 Ocean Street to Walter Ha ...

**Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra (1963) *

**Ballade for harp and strings (1973/1981) *

Ferdinand Ries Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first concerto ...

**Overture Bardique oncertantefor 6 harps (in 2 parts) and orchestra WoO 24 (1815) *

**''Sones en la Giralda'' (1963) *

**Morceau de concert in G, Op. 154 (1918) *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

**Notturno for Strings and Harp (1895-96) *

** Toward the Sea II, for alto flute, harp and string orchestra II (1981)

Concertos with other solo instruments

**Concerto for Oboe, harp and strings (1944) *

**Concerto for Cor anglais, Harp and Orchestra (2014) *

**Duo concertante for flute, harp, and orchestra, L. 894 (1961) *

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as t ...

**Doppio Concerto for oboe, harp & strings (1966) *

**Konzertmusik for brass, harp, and piano, Op. 49 (1930) **Concerto for woodwinds, harp, and orchestra (1949) * Anna Jalkéus ** Concerto for jazz voice, harp and orchestra "The Rise of Estrogenia" (2017) *

**Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, Op.48 (1995) * Frank Martin **

Petite symphonie concertante ''Petite symphonie concertante'', Op. 54, is an orchestral composition by the Swiss composer Frank Martin, one of his best-known works. Martin received the commission for the work in 1944, though progress was delayed by work on the oratorio ''I ...

for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra, op.54 (1944) *

**Auriga II (piano, harp and string orchestra) *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

** Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299 (1778)Available on YouTube
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**Concertante for violin and harp in G, WoO 13 (1806) **Concertante for violin and harp in E minor, WoO 14 (1807)

References

Compiled from the Works Lists of the composers in ''The New

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

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