HARP SONG - THE GOLDEN THREAD (BOOK)
WITH SELECTED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FOLK HARP
BY MARY UMBARGER

FORMAT:BOOK
SKILL LEVEL:INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED
PAGES:88
BINDING:SQUAREBACK SADDLE STITCHED
PUBLISHER:MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC.
DATE PUBLISHED:3/28/2011

DESCRIPTION:
-THE MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THIS BOOK OF FOLK HARP ARRANGEMENTS EXPOSE THE PLAYER TO MUSIC FROM THE 12TH TO 20TH CENTURIES. INFORMATION ABOUT THE TUNES AND COMPOSERS, PLUS LYRICS, STORIES AND POEMS, GIVE INSIGHT TO THE MUSIC AND ARE VALUABLE PERFORMANCE TOOLS. YOU WILL ENJOY MUSIC NOT USUALLY FOUND IN HARP REPERTOIRE THAT LIES WELL ON THE HARP WITH FEW LEVER CHANGES.

• CONTAINS 43 ARRANGEMENTS ON 84 PAGES
• TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM SCOTLAND, IRELAND, BRITTANY, CANADA, ENGLAND
• CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS INCLUDE ROGER TALLROTH, LEIF GORAS (SWEDEN), TOM ANDERSON (SHETLAND), ALISDAIR FRASER (SCOTLAND), AND DR. JOHN TURNER (US).
• SPANNING THE 12TH THROUGH 20TH CENTURIES
• HISTORICAL NOTES CONCERNING THE TUNES AND COMPOSERS
• LEGENDS, STORIES, LYRICS AND POEMS

CONTENTS:
-APPLES IN WINTER
-SWEDEN CONNECTION
-JOHSEFI N’S WALTZ
-ANNA VISA
-THE LITTLE RED LARK – LYRICS
-THE LITTLE RED LARK
-LITTLE BLACK ROSE (AN RÓISIN DUBH)
-FINGAL’S CAVE – JOHN GOW
-FINGAL’S CAVE
-MACPHERSON’S LAMENT – LYRICS
-MACPHERSON’S LAMENT
-MY LOVE SHE’S BUT A LASSIE YET
-MY LOVE SHE’S BUT A LASSIE YET – LYRICS
-DR JOHN TURNER
-JOHN TURNER’S LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE
-JOSIAH CHOWNING’S STRATHSPEY
-COLYN FISCHER’S STYLE
-THE BURN BY THE BARN
-BRETON DANCE
-SITTING IN THE STERN OF THE BOAT
-BATTLE CRY OF MUNSTER, MARCH
-BATTLE CRY OF MUNSTER, AIR
-BRAVE WOLFE – LYRICS
-BRAVE WOLFE
-PLANXTY GAN AINM
-MORAG OF DUNVEGAN AND THE LEGEND OF THE FAIRY FLAG
-MORAG OF DUNVEGAN
-HA A CHAILLICH AIR MO DHEIDH (MY OLD WIFE HAUNTS AFTER ME)
-JOHN PLAYFORD
-PLAYFORD MEDLEY
-GELDING OF THE DEVIL
-ON THE COLD GROUND
-WALLOM GREEN
-JACK’S MAGGOT
-CASADH AN TSUGAIN (TWISTING OF THE HAYROPE)
-TWISTING OF THE HAYROPE – STORY
-GREEN GATES
-COILSFI ELD HOUSE AND NEIL GOW
-COILSFI ELD HOUSE
-O’ A’ THE AIRTS*
-ROBERT BURNS – O’ A’ THE AIRTS
-PLANXTY HEWLETT
-TOM ANDERSON
-THE AULD RESTING CHAIR
-MAAS
-DA SLOCKIT LIGHT
-IAN S ROBERTSON
-MAURICE MANLEY’S POLKA
-BALLYDESMOND POLKA
-KNOCKNABOUL POLKA
-MAJOR GRAHAM OF INCHBRAKIE
-JAMES SCOTT SKINNER
-THE LAIRD O’ THRUMS
-MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS
-WEXFORD CAROL
-O COME, DIVINE MESSIAH – LYRICS
-O COME, DIVINE MESSIAH
-DON OICHE UD I MBEITHIL (THAT NIGHT IN BETHLEHEM)
-DON OICHE UD I MBEITHIL (THAT NIGHT IN BETHLEHEM) – LYRICS
-CHRISTMAS EVE AIR
-CHRISTMAS HORNPIPE
-THE BOG BLOSSOM
-LITTLE PET AND IT’S MOTHER
-CALUIM SGAIRE
-ALASDAIR FRASER/CALUIM SGAIRE
-THE ROSE TREE
-REFL ECTION
-THE GOLDEN THREAD.