Magic Harp

koto in Japan çeng in Turkey ardin in Mauritania kora in West African saung-gauk in Burma nevel in King David era konghou, guqin in China kanun in the ancient Egypt Sassanid mosaic excavated at Bishapur depicting player and a harp artifact is kept at The Louvre in European culture The harper scene carved on the Monifeith Pictish stone in Scotland, around 700 - 900 AD gut silk wire nylon fingers pedal pluck feet shoulders relaxed neck back strings forepillar resonator soundboard Carlos Salzedo expressive gestures elbows parallel to the ground Marcel Grandjany elbows are held at an angle wrists may occasionally rest Tchaikovsky for his three masterpiece ballets Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty Alexander Glazunov for the lovely ballet Raymonda the variation titled Une fantaisie or Prélude et variations Cesare Pugni, Éoline, ou La Dryade and Ondine, ou la Naïad Musetta's Waltz from La bohème, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa Riccardo Drigo, Le Talisman, Les Millions d'Arlequin Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Henriette Renié oh dear, pluck smoothly my heart fill me with your peaceful voice oh dear, strike gently my sense fill me with your calm tune oh dear, touch lightly my soul fill me with your angelic voice oh dear, whisper quietly to my love fill me with your soft tune (inspired by W.A. Mozart’s Concerto for Harp, Flute and Orchestra)