DEBUSSY ARABESQUE No. 1: HARP

ARABESQUE  NO. 1 in E MAJOR
from Deux Arabesques, L. 66
Andantino con moto
PLAYED ON THE HARP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FWcoWInWs&feature=related

Please notice that some of the
harp strings are colored in red
and some in blue. The colors
help the harpist identify where
all the other strings (which are
clear) are placed. Red strings
are "C" notes and blue strings
are "F" notes.

PARTS OF A HARP

HISTORY OF THE HARP

The Harp

BBC Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ImURf8KUE

LINKS

http://www.alisonvardy.com/harp-history.html

http://www.vanderbiltmusic.com/HHIS.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp

http://www.harpspectrum.org/what/what.shtml

http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/harp.htm

HARPS IN FAMOUS ART WORKS

King David

Thomas Sully: Lady with Harp Eliza Ridgely, 1818

Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty:
Marie Antoinette Playing the Harp at the French Court, 1777

Marc Chagall: David with his Harp, 1956

Dante Rosetti: La Ghirlandata, 1873

Philip Hermogenes Calderon: The Orphans, 1870

Ernest (1817-1908): Muse Playing the Harp

Gustav Klimt: Music, 1895

Charles Bird King: Mrs John Quincy Adams