Lever Harp - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1323381

Composed by Henry Purcell/Traditional Welsh. Arranged by Stephanie Claussen. Celtic,Christmas,Classical,Film/TV,Holiday,Irish. Score. 8 pages. Stephanie Claussen #911611. Published by Stephanie Claussen (A0.1323381).

This rousing medley pairs a melody by Henry Purcell Harvest Home (also known to Jane Austen fans as Meryton Townhall from the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie) with the traditional Welsh Christmas carol Deck the Hall. Perfect as an upbeat Christmas solo or background music for festive holiday gatherings.

“Harvest Home� (also known as “Your Hay It Is Mow’d, Your Corn Reap’d�) was written by Henry Purcell as part of his opera King Arthur which premiered in 1691. The tune can also be found in The English Dancing Master, under the title “The Tythe Pig,� along with the dance instructions.



For lever harp, 26-string harp, or pedal harp.
Some fingerings included.
Two versions: early intermediate and intermediate
In the early intermediate version, the lowest note is the G an octave and a half below middle C. In the intermediate version, the lowest note is the C two octaves below middle C.

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Harp - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.905150

By King Harvest. By Sherman Kelly. Arranged by Jenna Hunt. Contemporary. Score. 4 pages. Jenna Hunt Music #4766413. Published by Jenna Hunt Music (A0.905150).

This pedal harp arrangement of Dancin' in the Moonlight will surely add some pep in your harp repertoire. It is an intermediate arrangement, and can be played fast or slow. .

Harp - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.797493

Composed by Carol Wood. Celtic,Halloween,Holiday,New Age,Spiritual. Score. 22 pages. Afghan Press Music for the Harp #4886961. Published by Afghan Press Music for the Harp (A0.797493).

 While all eight of these Celtic holidays may not be truly ancient, several of them certainly are; some, like Samhain, have had Christianizing veils cast over them but have kept many of the pre-Christian customs associated with their celebration. Interested harpists will find a wealth of available information about these holidays, their names, and their customs. 

Imbolc, February 1st or 2nd, is also the Feast of St. Bridget or Brigid and is associated with the ancient goddess of that name in Celtic mythology.

Ostara is the name sometimes given to the neo-Celtic celebration of the Spring Equinox. This piece depicts the dawn of the day and of the year.

Beltaine, the joyous celebration of spring’s warmth and wealth of flowers and new greenery, occurs on the first day of May. 

The longest day of the year and the shortest night mark the Summer Solstice-Midsummer. Since long before Shakespeare’s funny and lyrical play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Summer Solstice has been associated with magic.

Lughnasadh, on August 1st, is the festival of the first harvest. A version of the name of this festival survives in Manx and Scots Gaelic as well as in Irish Gaelic, and the name itself derives from Lugh, one of the most important Celtic gods

Mabon marks the Autumn Equinox and the end of summer; for me, it is a wistful moment of the year-extremely beautiful yet transitory.
Samhain is one of the most significant celebrations in the Celtic year- the word itself means the end of summer, the beginning of the dark part of the year. It survives even in non-Celtic countries as Halloween, thanks to its adoption into the Christian calendar as All Hallows’ Eve. It is said to be the  time when the veils between this world and the next are at their most thin.

The Winter Solstice is marked in many European cultures as a time for celebrating the birth of the new light and a time for decorating with evergreens like holly. For The Holly King, modal and traditional versions of the carol The Holly and the Ivy, were used because of the lyrics’ references to the rising of the sun, and the running of the deer.