Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Bach's Toccata in D Minor - for Harp

 

Coming up on Halloween, here's a harp arrangement of Bach's Toccata in D Minor.  I've always wanted to arrange this, and I discovered that it takes 2 harps to make this pipe-organ piece sound good.  It's 2 minutes long.

Pictures in Video -

1 - Harp of Life, from book cover, written by George Augustus Lofton, Nashville, Tennessee, 1896
2 - Harp at Night, pencil drawing by Carl Gustav Carus, circa 1895
3 - Patrick Byrne, photo by Hill and Adamson, circa 1845
4 - The Harp Player, oil painting by Kenyon Cox, 1888
5 - Quadrangle at King's College Cambridge, etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1811
6 - Elizabeth Francis Standing to the Left with a Harp, cut paper silhouette by Auguste Edouart, Philadelphia, 1843
7 - The Harp Lesson, oil painting by Jean-Antoine-Theodore-Giroust, 1791
8 - Prophets, Patriarchs, Saints, and Music-Making Angels in Glory, drawing by Giovanni Bautista Gaulli, circa 1670
9 - David the Boy Harper, from book cover, written by Mrs. Annie E. Smiley, 1900
10 - Angel with Harp, by Jan Matejko, Poland, 1895


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