Music for harp From the Land of the Long White Cloud Volume 1 Anna Dunwoodie

From the Land of the Long White Cloud 6 Solos for Intermediate Lever Harp - Volume 1 Most of my compositions have a story behind them….. and these are no exception! Giving a title, or a story to a composition is, for me, to make up for a lack of lyrics, and it’s rare for me to sit and play these tunes without conjuring up the reason for the title, and the fun times that happen behind the music ...... Buy this book now   £8.00 + p&p

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From the Land of the Long White Cloud
6 Solos for Intermediate Lever Harp - Volume 1

Contents

The Copper Rose (waltz)
Telynor (air)
Madame Vinegar (waltz)
The Sonsie Lass (slow jig)
Windmill Road (slow reel)
As He Gently Breathes (air)

Foreword

Most of my compositions have a story behind them….. and these are no exception! Giving a title, or a story to a composition is, for me, to make up for a lack of lyrics, and it’s rare for me to sit and play these tunes without conjuring up the reason for the title, and the fun times that happen behind the music.

The Copper Rose’s title is taken from a gift from a student after ten years of teaching her, and as I was writing this tune, the gift was in the music studio and kept catching my eye. Also included in this arrangement is an optional harmony line for another melody instrument.

This tune runs nicely in to Telynor - the intro gives you a bit of time to change the Eb levers. Telynor is dedicated to a dear friend and harpist, Brynmor, whose sudden death at the end of 2014 stunned and shocked me. He was someone I was very privileged to have worked with and shared many laughs. As Bryn would say “ah, bless”

Madame Vinegar - without exposing anyone …..Madame Vinegar was the nickname given to a fellow musician who seemed determined to make our musical lives as miserable as she could. So, in order to balance up the universe, I wrote this lovely elegant and sweet tune to musically compensate for her unfortunate demeanour……
…..and from Madame Vinegar you can slowly lilt your way into The Sonsie Lass.

This one is dedicated to all those ‘sonsie’ (buxom) lassies out there who my boys have had the pleasure of knowing - no, not like that - my lads are still young! But it seems they know how to find a nice sonsie lass (a minimum of 15 years older than themselves) to snuggle up to and snooze against as the evening gets late at a ceili or concert!

Windmill Road was a tune that went round and round in my head before I got it on to paper. Then, it became an ear worm when the Auckland Harp Orchestra was rehearsing it - a good earworm tho!!!
Windmill Road is in Mt Eden, in Auckland.

As He Gently Breathes is a tune I’m highly addicted to, I think, because it’s a little irregular in form. I wrote it for my sons, after standing in the doorway to their bedrooms, listening to the sound of their sleepy breathing and thinking about what terrible sleepers they were as babies, and how glad I am that those days are over.

Thanks to the gorgeous Moira Pagan for the fantastic cover art (www.moirapagan.wix.com) and the cover formatting by John Pagan.

If you would like more information about any of my other compositions for ensemble or solo, check out my website www.annadunwoodie.co.nz or email me at harpmad@gmail.com.

Thanks, from Anna in NZ

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Aotearoa (the land of the long white cloud) ao - cloud, tea - white or clear, roa - long or tall
Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. Legend says that the explorer Kupe’s first indication of land in the distance was the long cloud which hung over the North Island of NZ

Series:	From the Land of the Long White Cloud
Title:	Volume 1
Composers:	Anna Dunwoodie
Instrumentation:	Lever Harp
Level:	Intermediate
Size / Format:	A4 Stapled Book
Weight:	75gm
ISMN: EU edition	979-0-57046-208-7
Our Ref:	SM0549
Publisher:	Anna Dunwoodie
Edition/Year:	EU Edition - October 2016- Creighton's Collection
Origin:	Wales, UK