Music for harp From the Land of the Long White Cloud Volume 3 Anna Dunwoodie

From the Land of the Long White Cloud 6 Solos for Intermediate Lever Harp - Volume 3 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 3

Contents

Waikikamukau Western Waltz
The Fallen Apple (lament)
Mweenish (air)
Jamie's Hiccups (hornpipe)
Peter Stewart (air)
My Stray Cat (jig)

Foreword

Most of my compositions have a story behind them....and these are no exception! Giving a title or story to a composition is, for me, to make up for a lack of lyrics, and it is 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.

Waikikamukau is a legendary (or mythical) town in the back hills somewhere in New Zealand. I imagined it as a town full of cowboys, sheep shearers, bushmen and dust .... where a western themed tune would be a suitable sound track to the scene. This is just a bit of fun, albeit a little challenging in parts.

Mweenish..... this tune came to me after an inspiring week listening to the very informed and educated ramblings of Irish fiddler, Tola Custy. One of the main points I got from his ramblings was that it was fine to work with what ever form or structure you wanted, and he played us a lovely tune of his that only had an A part (no B part) and was an irregular number of bars in length. So for quite a while this piece was an A part only. But it didn't fit with anything else we had in our repertoire, and it was lonely, so I gave in and wrote it a B part. Mweenish is a quiet and windblown island off the coast of Galway.

Jamie's Hiccups.... My eldest son hiccupped before he was born, and continues to have a day every now and then that he will hiccup on and off all day. This jumpy little tune depicts his hiccups as a young lad.

Peter Stewart was a founding member of the NZ Gaidhealtacht, and an extremely knowledgeable man, who was passionate about his homeland, Scotland. When Peter died in March 2018, within a short time of hearing the news, I was seated at the harp, with manuscript at hand, and writing down this tune, which seemed to come from out of the blue. With a harp friend, we played it at his funeral, and as a commemorative gesture at the 2018 Harp Retreat a few days later.

The Fallen Apple.... a lament for the apple who has fallen off the family tree.... how can it ever return to its cherished position in the branches.

My Stray Cat.... is my youngest son, Oliver. We've always joked that as second child he got less... less time, less love (sounds mean eh??) less new clothes ...toys .... fewer photographs ... one day he suddenly became 'the stray cat'. Oliver is the sweetest young man you will ever meet, and he knows he is very much loved and admired, and he has an awesome sense of humour - particularly with regard to himself.

The gorgeous art work has been done for us by the equally gorgeous Moira Pagan (www.moirapagan.com) and cover formatting by John Pagan - a collaborative effort spread across several continents!

If you would like to purchase further copies of my compositions and arrangements, check out my website www.annadunwoodie.co.nz or email me on harpmad@gmail.com

Many thanks, 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 3
Composers:	Anna Dunwoodie
Instrumentation:	Lever Harp
Level:	Intermediate
Size / Format:	A4 Stapled Book
Weight:	75gm
ISMN: EU edition	979-0-57046-352-7
Our Ref:	SM0551
Publisher:	Anna Dunwoodie
Edition/Year:	EU 2nd Edition - July 2019 - Creighton's Collection
Origin:	Wales, UK