Mel Bay Light so Brilliant: Christmas Carols and Tunes for Solo Harp - Claussen - Lever Harp - Book

Author: Stephanie Claussen
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Lever Harp
Level: Intermediate-Advanced

Add this collection of 21 enchanting arrangements (including "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella," and "The Holly and the Ivy") to your Christmas gig bag. These renditions shine as solos but have the richness to cut through background chatter at a holiday party. Evoking an ancient rather than modern setting, they contain variations that intermediate through advanced harpists will find both intricate and satisfying. The entire book can be played cover-to-cover in fifty-five minutes. Suitable for lever harps with 33 strings or more. Contains dynamics, chords, and some fingering suggestions.

Song List:

• The Holly and the Ivy/Masters in the Hall
• We Three Kings of Orient Are
• Noel Nouvelet
• Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
• Willie Take Your Little Drum/Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant
• Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Slumber
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
• 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime/Ding Dong Merrily on High
• The Snow Lay on the Ground/A Rose by My Early Morning Walk
• The Traveller Benighted in Snow/The Bonfire
• Green Groweth the Holly/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Bourree d'Avignon/Parson's Farewell
• O Come O Come Emmanuel
• Ce Jour de l'An, pedal harp version
• Ce Jour de l'An, lever harp version
• Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?