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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"pedal harp"”.
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The contribution of twentieth-century Canadian composers to the solo pedal harp repertoire, with analysis of selected works
The purpose of this dissertation was to research harp solos written by Canadian composers in the twentieth century and to determine factors that could have contributed to the rise in output of harp literature in Canada during that period. In addition to research of existing writings, interviews …
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Music for Saxophone and Harp: An Investigation of the Development of the Genre with an Annotated Bibliography
… op. 67 for alto saxophone and double-action pedal harp. Since then, over 50 duos were written for various members of the saxophone family and the pedal harp, yet most of this repertoire is rarely performed and many artists are not yet aware of it. This document investigates works that are (1) …
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Pedal Points: Harmony and the Double-Action Pedal System in Modern Harp Music
<p>Pedals are an invisible guide in chromatic harp repertoire. While the evolution of tonality and rise in chromaticism incentivized the invention of the double-action pedal harp, the unique restraints and extensions of this technological system influence harmony and pitch collections in chromatic …
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Agential realism and the “female harpist”: The relational ontology of genderharp in Georges Aperghis’ Fidélité (1982)
… and Greek-French composer Georges Aperghis’ solo harp work Fidélité: pour harpiste seule regardée par un homme (“for female harpist watched by a man”) creates new philosophical interpretations for the relationship between gender and the Western European pedal harp. This dissertation first …
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Erard, Bochsa and their impact on harp music-making in Australia (1830-1866): an early history from documents.
This study traces the emergence of the pedal harp in colonial Australia between 1830 and 1866 through the examination of primary source documents in the form of archival and newspaper resources. It does so by focussing on the dynamic that existed between the harpist Nicolas-Charles Bochsa …
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The descriptive miniatures of Alphonse Hasselmans and Henriette Renié: an examination of the pedagogical and artistic significance of salon pieces for harp
… by the ascendance of the double-action pedal harp and a resulting evolution in harp literature and performance practice, the modern French school of harp developed at the fin de siècle. Belgian harp virtuoso and composer Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912) founded this new method after his …
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El Arpa de Pedales en Colombia: evolución instrumental, de la creación musical y de la formación de arpistas
… que persigue la historia del arpa de pedales en Colombia. Da a conocer la identidad musical del país a través del instrumento y deja constancia del legado histórico de este arte, de los músicos, intérpretes, compositores y maestros de nuestro país, desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros …