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The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the harp.

Solo Works

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    • Sonata for Harp in G major Wq.139
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Six Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 (for harp or piano, composed before 1793)
  • Luciano Berio
    • Sequenza II (1963)
  • François-Adrien Boïeldieu
    • Harp Sonata (1795), lost
  • Benjamin Britten
  • David Bruce (composer)
    • Caja de Musica (2009)
  • Garrett Byrnes
    • "Sizzle" (2009)
    • "Amhrán Slán" (2001)
    • "Visions in Twilight" (2000)
  • André Caplet
    • Déchiffrage (1910)
    • Divertissement à la française (1924)
    • Divertissement à l'espagnole (1924)
  • Carson Cooman
    • Sun Figment for Harp (2002)
  • Jan Ladislav Dussek
    • Sonata with The Lass of Richmond Hill in F, C. 183 (c. 1800)
    • Three Sonatas (1797), possibly by Sophia Dussek
      • No. 1 in B flat, C. 12
      • No. 2 in G, C. 13
      • No. 3 in C minor, C. 14
    • Six Sonatinas (1799),definitely by J L Dussek
      • No. 1 in C, C. 160
      • No. 2 in F, C. 161
      • No. 3 in G, C. 162
      • No. 4 in B flat, C. 163
      • No. 5 in F, C. 164
      • No. 6 in E flat, C. 165
  • Gabriel Fauré
    • Impromptu, Op. 86 (1904)
    • Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110 (1918)
  • Graham Fitkin
    • Skirting (2004)
    • Scent for wire harp (2007)
  • Alphonse Hasselmans
    • Gitana, Op. 21
    • La Source, Op. 44
    • Three Préludes, Opp. 51–3
  • Paul Hindemith
    • Harp Sonata (1939)
  • Valeri Kikta
    • Ossian, suite for harp (1965)
    • Four poems of Osman for harp (1969)
    • Two Pieces for harp (1972)
    • Romantic Variations on a theme by Lyudkevich for harp (1978)
    • Sonata No. 1 Sonata Lamentosa for harp (1980)
    • Sonata No. 2 Bylina Scales in E flat major for harp (1982)
    • Fantasy on themes from P.I.Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame for harp (1982)
    • At the smoldering chimney, fantasy for harp (1983)
  • Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz
    • Harp Sonata, Op. 10 (c. 1787)
    • Four Sonates non difficiles with optional violin or cello, Op. 12 (c. 1787)
    • Four Sonates chantantes with optional violin, Op.16 (c1788), no.3 ed. in T-B
    • Recueil de douze préludes et petits airs, Op. 2 (c. 1776)
    • Duo for two harps, Op. 5 (c. 1777)
    • Recueil contenant différens petits airs variés, 1 sonata and 1 petit duo for two harps, Op. 10 (c. 1787)
  • Théodore Labarre
    • Méthode complète pour le harpe (1844)
    • Fantaisies on operatic themes after Donizetti, Rossini and others
    • Numerous concert works
  • Fabien Lévy
    • "Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent" (Billaudot publisher)
  • Sergiu Natra
    • Sonatina
    • Prayer
    • A Book of Hebrew Songs
  • Elias Parish Alvars
    • Fantasia on Themes from “Oberon”
    • Grand Study in Imitation of the Mandoline
    • Hebrew Air from “Voyage No 3”
    • Chanson Grec from “Voyage No 6”
    • Sultan’s Parade from “Voyage No 3”
    • La Danse des Fees Op 76
    • Lucia di Lammermoor Fantasia No 2 Op 79
    • Mandoline
    • Marche Favorite du Sultan
    • Prayer from “Mose in Egitto”
    • Serenade Op 83
    • Romance 1
    • Romance 2
    • over 80 pieces
  • Francesco Petrini
    • Sonatas for harp (violin ad lib)
      • 6 as Op. 1 (1769)
      • 6 as Op. 3
      • 2 as Op. 4
      • Third book, Op. 9
      • Fourth Book, Op. 10 (c. 1780)
      • 1 as Op. 39
      • 4 as Op. 40 (1801)
    • Airs with variations
      • First collection, Op. 2 (1774)
      • Second collection, Op. 8 (1774)
      • Seventh collection, Op. 15 (1779)
      • Op. 16 (1779)
      • Op. 17 (c. 1780-5)
    • Airs, ouvertures, sonata movements, published in Delamanière at Delaplanque (c. 1790)
    • Variations on "Le réveil du peuple de Gaveaux", "Vive Henri IV", "Bataille du Wagram", etc. published separately
  • Gabriel Pierné
    • Impromptu-caprice, Op. 9 (1885)
  • Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
    • Improvisation for harp solo, June 2003
    • “The turtle’s castle” for harp solo, September 2003
    • Four compositions for harp on Haiku poetry, October 2003
    • Suite of eight dances: Laendrer, Tango, Fandango, Horo, Kazachok, Arabian dance, Pavane for harp solo April 2004
    • "Fantasy on Verdi`s Opera La Traviata”for harp solo, June 2005
    • Two haiku pieces on Basho for harp solo, February 2006
    • “The mystic trumpeter” on Walt Whitman for harp solo, February 2006
    • Five haiku pieces “Solo Honkadorae Renga” for harp solo, February 2006
  • Henriette Renié
    • Legende d'après Les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle
    • Six pièces pour harpe
    • Contemplation
    • Danse Des Lutins
    • Feuille d’Automne (Esquisse)
    • Piece Symphonique, En Trois Episodes
  • Joaquín Rodrigo
    • Impromptu (1959)
  • Nino Rota
    • Sarabanda e Toccata
    • Sonata
  • Albert Roussel
    • Impromptu, Op. 21 (1919)
  • John Rutter
    • Dancing Day (SSA choral song-cycle with harp accomp.)
    • Many choral hymns and anthems with harp accompaniment, w/enwiki/w/o orchestral accompaniment
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
    • Fantaisie, Op. 95
  • Salvatore Sciarrino
    • Addio a Trachis
  • Louis Spohr
    • Fantasia in C minor, Op. 35 (1807)
    • Variations on Méhul's "Je suis encore dans mon printemps", Op. 36 (1807)
    • Variations in E, WoO 29 (1808), lost
  • Germaine Tailleferre
    • Le Petite Livre de Harpe de Madame Tardieu
    • Sonate pour harpe
    • Sonata alla Scarlatti for Harp
  • Josef Tal
    • Intrada (1959)
    • Structure (1962)
    • Dispute (1989)
  • Marcel Tournier
    • Berceuse
    • Berceuse Russe Op 40
    • Ce Que Chante la Pluie D'automne Op 49
    • Deux Petites Pièces
    • Deuxième Sonatine Op 45
    • Encore une Bôite à Musique Op 43
    • Etude de Concert (Au Matin)
    • Féerie
    • Fresque Marine Op 46
    • Images Op. 29 Suite 1
    • Images Op. 31 Suite 2
    • Images Op. 35 Suite 3
    • Images Op. 39 Suite 4
    • Jazz Band Op 33
    • Pieces Negres Op 41
    • Quatre Preludes Op 16
    • Six Noels, Op. 32
    • Sonatine Op 30
    • Theme et Variations
    • Vers la Source dans le Bois
  • Jean-Michel Damase
    • Aubade
    • Introduction et Toccata
    • Pluie
    • Sarabande
    • Sicilienne Variée
    • Tango pour harpe
    • Theme et Variations
    • Thirty Etudes
  • Bernard Andres
    • Absidioles
    • Acalèphes
    • Acrospores
    • Alkermès
    • Amarantes
    • Anamorphoses
    • Aquatintes
    • Asters
    • Automates
    • Charades
    • Danses d’Automne
    • Contes Vagues
    • La Gimblette
  • Luis Jorge González
    • Dirges and Flowers (2003-04)
    • Sounding Solitudes V (1988)

Two or more harps

  • Marcel Tournier
    • Quatre Preludes Op 16 (2 harps)
  • Kevin Kaska
    • Harp Concertino (two harps and Concert Band)
  • Francesco Petrini
    • Duo for two harps (or harp and piano), Op. 7 (1773?)
    • Duo for two harps (violin, basso continuo, ad lib), Op. 31
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
    • Freude (Joy), for two harps (Klang: zweite Stunde, 2005)
  • John Thomas
    • Scenes of Childhood for two harps (1863)
    • Cambria for two harps (1863)

Chamber works

  • Stefan Beyer
    • Die schreien Salz, for bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, violin, and violoncello (2008/2009)
  • Josef Tal
    • Lament, for violoncello & harp (1947)
    • Hora, for violoncello & harp (1949)
    • Concerto for harp & electronic music (1971/1980)
    • Duo for trombone & harp (1989)
  • Marcel Tournier
    • Nocturne (cello, harp and organ)
    • La Lettre du Jardinier (high voice and harp)
    • Deux Preludes Romantiques Op. 17 (violin and harp)
  • Sergiu Natra
    • Commentaires Sentimentaux (flute, viola and harp)
    • Two sacred songs (soprano, violin, cello, harp & organ)
    • Ancient walls (trombone & harp)
    • Commentaires sentimentaux (alto, flute & harp)
    • Deux poemes (voice & harp)
  • Elias Parish Alvars
  • François-Adrien Boïeldieu
    • Duos for harp and piano
      • No. 1 (1796)
      • No. 2 (1796)
      • No. 3 (c. 1800), lost
    • Air and nine variations for harp and piano (1803), lost
  • Garrett Byrnes
    • Villanelle for violin and harp (2006)
  • Claude Debussy
    • Music for Chansons de Bilitis for two flutes, two harps, and celesta, L. 96 (1900-1)
    • Danses Sacrée et Profane for harp and string quintet, L. 103 (1904)
    • Sonata for harp, flute, and viola, L. 137 (1915)
  • Jan Ladislav Dussek
    • Duo in F for harp and piano, C. 63 (c. 1789)
    • Duetto in F for harp and piano, C. 102 (1794)
    • Two pieces for harp, violin, and cello (1797)
      • No. 1 in E flat, C. 147
      • No. 2 in B flat, C. 148
    • Duet in E flat for harp and piano, C. 170 (1799)
    • Two Duettinos for harp and piano (c. 1802)
      • No. 1 in C, C. 189
      • No. 2 in F, C. 190
    • Three Duos concertants for harp and piano
    • No. 1 in B flat, C. 234 (1810)
    • No. 2 in E flat, C. 239 (1811)
    • No. 3 in F, C. 243 (1811)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina
    • Garden of Joy and Sorrow, for harp, flute and viola
  • Nigel Keay
    • Terrestrial Mirror for flute, viola & harp (2005)
  • Valeri Kikta
    • Antique visions for clarinet and harp (1977)
    • Sonata for violin and harp (1998)
  • Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz
    • 6 harp sonatas with violin, Op. 1 (c. 1775)
    • 4 harp sonatas with violin, double bass, and two horns, Op. 3 (c. 1776)
    • 6 harp sonatas, Op. 8 (c. 1780), nos. 1-5 with violin or flute
    • Collection de pièces de différens genres distribuées en 6 sonates with piano, Opp. 13-14 (c. 1788)
    • 4 Sonates en forme de scènes de différens caractères with piano, Op. 15 (c. 1788)
    • 3 Sonates … dont la 1er en forme de scène with violin, Op. 17 (c. 1789)
    • 2 Sonates en forme de scènes with piano, Op. 18 (c. 1789)
    • Andante for harp and violin, Op. 19 (c. 1789)
  • Théodore Labarre
    • Duos for harp and horn
    • Trios for harp, horn, and bassoon, Op. 6
    • Grand duo du couronnement for harp and piano, Op. 104 (1841)
    • Numerous salon pieces for harp and piano
    • Romance for violin and harp
  • Lior Navok
    • Al Mishkavi Baleylot - for soprano and harp
    • Quartet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp
    • Veiled Echoes - for flute, viola and harp
  • Charles Oberthür
    • Orpheus, Op. 253 for harp and piano
  • Francesco Petrini
    • Airs with variations
      • Third collection (1774) for harp, violin, and oboe
      • Fourth and fifth collections, Opp. 12-13 (c. 1778) for harp, violin, and oboe
      • Sixth collection, Op. 14 (1778) for harp, bassoon, and cello
    • 3 preludes for harp and basso continuo
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara
    • Ballade for harp and strings (1973/1981)
  • Maurice Ravel
    • Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, two violins, viola, and cello (1905)
  • Albert Roussel
    • Sérénade for flute, string trio, and harp, Op. 30 (1925)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
    • Fantaisie for violin and harp, Op. 124
  • Carlos Salzédo
    • The Enchanted Isle (1918)
    • Harp Concerto No. 1 (1926)
    • Harp Concerto No. 2 (1953)
  • Louis Spohr – in many of these works, the harp was to be tuned down a semitone and the music written a semitone higher
    • Sonatas for harp and violin
      • No. 1 in C minor, WoO 23 (1805)
      • No. 2 in B flat, Op. 16 (1806)
      • No. 3 in E minor/F minor, WoO 27 (c. 1806)
      • No. 4 in D/E flat, Op. 113 (1806)
      • No. 5 in D/E flat, Op. 114 (1811)
      • No. 6 in G/A flat, Op. 115 (1809)
      • No. 7 in G/A flat, WoO 36 (1819), lost
    • Sonata movement for harp and violin in G, WoO 24 (1805), incomplete
    • Introduction in G for harp and violin, WoO 25 (1805)
    • Trio in E minor/F minor for violin, cello, and harp, WoO 28 (1806)
    • Rondo in E minor/F minor for violin, cello, and harp, WoO 33 (1813), lost
    • Fantasia on themes by Handel and Vogler in B minor/C minor–A/B flat, Op. 118 (1814)
  • Igor Stravinsky
    • Epitaphium for flute, clarinet, and harp (1959)
  • Jean-Michel Damase
    • Trio for flute, cello and harp (1947)
    • Trio for flute, viola and harp (1947)
    • Quintet for flute, harp and string trio, op. 2 (1948)
    • Sonate pour clarinette et harpe (1984)
    • 2e Sonata pour Flute et Harpe
    • Adage for trumpet and harp

Concertante works

Concertos

Other concertante works

Concertos with other solo instruments

References

Compiled from the Works Lists of the composers in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001). Australian Music Centre Catalogue www.amcoz.org

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