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- 1. This harpist published many works for harp, some of which were composed by his wife, Sophia Corri, but her name could not appear on the work. He was _____.
- 3. followed Chatterton at that Royal College of Music and arranged a significant number of Welsh melodies for the Harp.
- 4. This harpist studied under Grimm in Berlin and played with the Berlin Orchestra until moving to St. Petersburg Russia.
- 6. This Belgian-born harpist, professor at the Paris Conservatory, and composer composed works to teach the “very essence” of the instrument with “natural fingering” and are of medium-advanced difficulty.
- 7. He composed 48 Etudes, provide a steady development of technique and are highly musical, still in print. These earned him the title of “Beethoven of the Harp”
- 9. In 1842, ________ became harpist to Queen Victoria.
- 15. This harpist edited orchestral works by Richard Strauss in addition to composing many works for harp.
- 17. Who is generally considered the inventor of the single action pedal harp in 1720, though other instrument makers were likely doing similar things?
- 19. In ancient Egypt, only men were allowed to play the harp.
- 20. One of the problems with the single action pedal harp was that the crochets moved the string out of alignment and caused ….?
- 21. This harpist is still alive and is well known for her TV performances on the harp in London. Marissa Robles
- 22. This work was commissioned by the Duc de Guines for his daughter and he to perform together. It was composed by whom?
- 25. This harp composer and son of J.S. Bach wrote a sonata for harp for the single action pedal harp in the Style Galante.
- 26. This French harpist and composer fled to Russia during the French Revolution. His famous Sonata in F minor is still played today.
- 29. This harpist taught many of the students during the 18th Century and required them to play with 5 fingers.
- 31. In 1782, Cousineau added the _______which caused less buzzing.
- 32. This harp maker went to London to figure out how to solve the problems of the single-action harp and invents the forchette so that the string stays in alignment.
- 33. This harpist was the first professor of harp at the Paris Conservatory.
- 35. He composed several works that were dedicated to Clelia Aldrovandi and won an Academy award for the score to the Godfather Part II.
- 36. This harpist performed with orchestras in Zurich, Weisbaden, and Mannheim before taking a teaching post at the Royal College of Music in London.
- 37. By the 1830’s, 4,000 double action pedal harps had been made, but _________ continued to make single-action harps.
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- 2. The pedal harp invented in 1720 was the…? Singleaction Pedal Harp
- 5. This harpist was praised for his virtuosity by Franz List, Berlioz and Mendelssohn, and was described as looking like a “mountain peasant” by Berlioz.
- 8. The process of learning about music from paintings and statutes is called __________.
- 10. These brothers started harp in Vienna and then both moved to the United States taking positions at the Boston Symphony and Pittsburgh and Philidelphia Symphonies. They are the _________s.
- 11. He studied with his father and joined the Berlin Royal Opera. Franz Liszt called him the” greatest harpist since Parish Alvars.” He arranged virtuosic music for the harp.
- 12. Italian harpist, Maria _________, composed a Method for Harp that includes a description of hand position as well as connected fingerings in the score.
- 13. This composer gave counterpoint lessons to Beethoven and wrote a concerto for harp in 1773.
- 14. This harpist gave lessons to the royal princesses and wrote the libretto to the Marriage de Figaro on which Mozart wrote the opera of the same name.
- 16. This harpist requested an 8th pedal so shutters could be opened or closed to the desired resonance as well as a dampen pedal. His name was __________.
- 18. Gatti Aldrovandi ___________ was a force in getting many Italian composers to include compositions for harp.
- 23. This father and son both taught at the Paris Conservatory and used the 5-finger technique. They were the _______s.
- 24. Arched harps did not have a column.
- 27. He studied under Felix Godefroid in Paris, composed an opera called Jocely, and became the professor of harp at the Conservatory in Venice in 1899.
- 28. This harpist is the only person to have won First prize in the Israel competition, the International competition in Geneva, and the Tournier competition in Paris.
- 30. A winner of the 2nd Grand Pris at the Paris conservatory while only 16 years old, this harpist composed several dozen solos for harp, a number of chamber works that feature the harp prominently, and a few works for piano and for orchestra. Notable students include American harpist and educator Eileen Malone who taught at Eastman School of Music.
- 34. He was the harpist to Napoleon Bonaparte and wrote many works for harp including his famous etudes that are still in use by schools today.