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

English Dance - for Harp

 
In honor of May Day, here's a little video with harp music.  It's called "English Dance," and it's a traditional tune I arranged for harp.  About a minute of month-of-May dancing and festing.

Pictures in Video -

1 - Detail from "London Town" book illustration by Ellen Houghton, 1883
2 - Ornamental engraving with Morris dancers by Ismahel van Meckenem, before 1503
3 - A Garland for May Day, relief print cover design by Walter Crane, 1895
4 - "London Town" book page by Ellen Houghton, 1883
5 - May Day, Oxford College, Ohio, 1914
6 - May Day Pageant, Oxford College, Ohio, unknown date
7 - May Day Procession, Oxford College, Ohio, 1916
8 - May Pole Dance, Ohio State Normal College Model School, 1911
9 - Print from The Annual of Photography, taken by Kate Mathews, 1911
10 - Tree Day, Western College, Ohio, 1926
11 - May Day, Oxford College, Ohio, 1923

Auld Lang Syne

Happy New Year!  This video is Auld Lang Syne, which I arranged for harp.  It's about 2 minutes long.

Here's a list of the vintage pictures in the video:

1 - Inverary Cross and Castle, Scotland, 1907
2 - family in Queensland, Australia, 1900
3 - boy in Australia, 1890
4 - Flora MacDonald, Scotland, painting by Allan Ramsay, 1749
5 - Crimean War piper, circa 1855
6 - Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, by Samuel Bough, late 1860s
7 - Scottish suffragettes, circa 1910
8 - boy in Australia, 1898
9 - piper and dog in Australia, 1921
10 - Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, by Alexander Nasmyth, 1880
11 - Highland Gathering, Sydney, Australia, 1937
12 - highland dancing, Sydney, 1938
13 - Glasgow University, circa 1895
14 - piper, Scottish Highlands, 1934
15 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet: Auld Lang Syne, late 1700s

We Gather Together

Here's a Thanksgiving song I arranged for harp.  Happy Day!

The vintage pictures in the video are as follows:

1 - From cover of Ladies Home Journal, 1891
2 - Harvesters in Alberta, Canada, 1890
3 - Hopi, 1898
4 - Sami girl in Lapland, c.1930
5 - Hopi, c.1900
6 - schoolchildren in Frankfurt, Germany, 1930
7 - school party in Grand Coulee, WA, 1935
8 - dinner menu, Ft. Mifflin, Philadelphia, 1918
9 - WACs director at Thanksgiving in Frankfurt, 1946
10 - dinner table in Neffsville, PA, 1942
11 - children cooking in Norway, 1957
12 - Thanksgiving postcard, c.1900

The Halloween March

I wrote this little piece for harp--it's called The Halloween March.   You get 52 seconds of vintage photos and harpistic Halloweening in the video.  Enjoy!