THIRTY

LITTLE CLASSICS
FOR THE HARP

Qomfdled and <^rranged

BY

MILDRED DILLING

Trice 1.2^

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 CONTENTS

Page
GAVOTTE from Iphegenia in Aulis. C^ifistoph ■ W von Gluck 3

2. MINUET in G minor . . . . ; -Jean Jaeques-Rousseau 4

3. DRAGONFLY IN THE SUNSHINE . Carl Reinecke 5

4. STROLLING MUSICIANS (Musiciens ambulants) Op. 31, N92 . Vladimir Rebikov 6

PAVANE (Style Renaissance). ■PanP Wachs 8

6. MINUET in F . . .. ^Wbligntt^Amadeus- Mozart 9

7. GAVOTTE GRACIEUSE. Franz-Joseph Haydn 10

8. ADESTE FIDELES . . ■Jelta-Reading 11

9. MINUET in G. . Johann. .Sehas^a^ Bach 12

SOLDIERS’ MARCH (Soldatenmarsch) Op. 68, N22 . —Rqbart Schumann 13

11. MENUET D’EXAUDET. Joseph Exaudet 14

12. ALLEGRO. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 15

13 GLISSANDO WALTZ (La Tartine de Beurre) . ^Wolfgang Amandetts Mozart 16

14, SUCH CHIMING, MELODIOUS from The Magic Flute Wolfgnag-A-madeus Mozart 18

15. ALLEGRETTO from the Seventh Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven 19

16. DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS from Orpheus . Christoph W von Gluck 20

17. WALTZ, Op 9, N933 . Franz Schubert 21

18. ALLEGRETTO.. Franz Joseph Haydn 22

19a COUNTRY DANCE. -Ludwig-vaa Beethoven 24

19b. COUNTRY DANCE. Ludwig" van Beethoven 24

20. LES COUCOUS BENEVOLES. Couperin 25

21. PRELUDE in A major, Op. 28, N27 ...... . Frederic Chopin 25

22. MINUET inG Johann Sebastian Bach 26

23. MUSETTE . Johann Sebastian Bach 27

'24. CHORUS from AZcesfe.Christoph W.-ve» Gluck 28

25. LITTLE PRELUDE, N21.Johann Sebastian Bach 31

26. WALTZ. Op. 39, N22.Johannes Brahms 32

27. CORRENTE.George Frederic Handel 33
28. BRIDAL CHORUS from Lohengrin.Richard Wagner 34

29. SONG TO THE EVENING STAR from Tannhduser.Richard Wagner 36

30. WEDDING MARCH from the music to lft<isMmni.6r Ntgfefs Dream . Felix Mendelssohn 38

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 THIRTY LITTLE CLASSICS FOR THE HARP
Compiled and Arranged

MILDRED DILLING

1. GAVOTTE
from Iphegenia in Aulis
Christoph W. von Gluck
Erasbach(Franconia), I7i4-1787

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II

J
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1
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(1^^;. j—;

♦ All fingering signs herein used are fully explained in OLD TUNES FOR NEW HARPISTS by Mildred
Billing, an earlier work (Oliver Ditson Company.)

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 2. MINUET in G minor
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Andantino Geneva, 1713-1778
1 111

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2 ^3 2 1" ^4^ 2 / 2^

t f P

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rit. atempo
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 3. DRAGONFLY IN THE SUNSHINE 5
Carl Reinecke
Altona, 1824-1910

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4. STROLLING MUSICIANS
(Musiciens ambulants)
Vladimir Rebikov, Op.31,N22
Krasnojarsk, Siberia, 1866-1920
Tempo di Valzer (J.:76) 2 I 1* 3 ' 31 I 1 ' *~3^
J 2 3

• *

mf
P

m 1 1
r=rr Ur
3 2 1 ’ 1 2 3 3 1 ^ 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 1

cresc. a

i rr u r r ^ r r ijr N

poco a

pr.f -ip

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 5. PAVANE
Style Renaissance
Paul Wachs
Paris,1851-1915
^ ^ Allegro cor spirit O (J:l 52) ^t 1
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1

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V 7 _1_ 3
--f 6r*- (y •1

a tempo

1 3 3 3 N1 ^ 1 3 1 — 1 7
3 ^ 1
■r-•-H ■= m- »—p — p-— p- p-
•- m—

MH 1 »• 1
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All

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pooo rit

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 6. MINUET in F
(Written at the age of six)

Allegretto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

TTT 3, ,^3 2 3
Salzburg, i766-i79i

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P-P- ^-^^-
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r^i c, .
32 32 1 2

poco rit a tempo

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7. GAVOTTE GRACIEUSE

Franz Joseph Haydn

Rohrau (Austria-Hungary), 1733 -1809
Andantino

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Bl, ^ Bt> cresc. P

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8. ADESTE FIDELES
(Probably 18th century)
Compser unknown
Harmonized by and often ascribed to
J. Reading

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♦Play octaves with hand open; finger tips flat against the strings to dampen vibration.

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 12 9. MINUET in G
Johann Sebastian Bach
Eisenach, 1685-1750

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10. SOLDIERS’ MARCH
(Soldatenmarsch.)

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Joseph Exaudet
Rouen, 1710-1763

Andantino

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12. ALLEGRO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Salzburg, i756-i’;9i

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13. GLISSANDO WALTZ
La Tartine de Beurre
(Valse a un doigt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Slide 2nd finger to make an ascending glissando. The finger is not flat against the strings, but played at the
tip. For olear descending glissando, hook the thumb, keeping it in that position, playing at the tip.

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14. SUCH CHIMING, MELODIOUS
(Klinget, gldckchen, klinget)
from The MAGIC FLUTE Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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2 1 2
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cresa
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16. DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS
from Orpheus
C. W. von Gluck
1714-1787
Andante
^ 2 1

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1* p 1^ p 1 « W
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1
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p- »——J—

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- —^- A
0 4 0 4 0-1
3^2 1^2 1^3 1

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17. WALTZ

Franz Sclinbert,Op. 9, N233

2
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4
4

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18. ALLEGRETTO
Franz Joseph Haydn
Rohrau, (Austria) 1732-1809
IZ 1 2 i 2
2? 3
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1

4
1 MO-r
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2 1
4

f I

/ Fit
SI-

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3 1 3
12 1

♦ For staccato effect, the hand flies back from the wrist.
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19 a. COUNTRY DANCE
Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro_ Bonn, 1770-1827
— 23
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simile

19b. COUNTRY DANCE

JLudwig van Beethoven
Bonn, 1770-1827

Allegro
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2 1^ --- 4 3 2 3 2 1 4 3 2
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20. LES COUCOUS BENEVOLES
Francois Couperin
Paris, 1668-1733
Allegretto
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4 5
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21. PRELUDE

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22. MINUET in G
Tnhann Sahastian Ttarh

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23. MUSETTE

1 2 3 4 123
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24. CHORUS from ALCESTE
C.W.von Gluck
1714-1787

a) Left hand low on the strings to bring out the melody distinctly. The melody is indicated by the up-
stemmed notes in bass staff.

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a) Melody in right thumb.

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Eisenach, 1685-1750
Moderate 4 2

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32 26. WALTZ in E!>
(Original Key^ B Major) Johannes Brahms, Op. 39, N22
Hamburg, 1833-1897

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 27. CORRENTE 33
George Frederic Handel
Halle, 168S-i769
Allegro ^ 2 13 14
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 28, BRIDAL CHORUS
From “Lohengrin” Act III
Richard Wagner
1 Leipzig, 1813-1883

V-4 2,1
1 3 2
1
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1 1 13 12 12 12
2 3 3 __3 4 2 1
1 ❖ Dampen G as indicated, with 3rd finger.
4
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From Tannhauser
Richard Wagner
Leipzig, 1313-1883

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From the music to Midsummer Nightls Dream
Felix Mendelssohn
Hamburg, 1809-1847
Allegro vivace (fD (Ft)
2 3 1 2 2 3 1
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