Council for Higher Education in Music

HARP

Two Year Course of Harp Study

Year One

First Semester


Exercises

Method for the HarpSalzedo(Preludes I-VII)
Exercises and StudiesLaRivièreTheme and Variations #2


Repertoire (please note, some pieces may require two semesters of study)

Chanson dans la nuitSalzedo
SolfegiettoCPE Bach/Miller
Le bon petit roi d'YvetôtGrandjany
Préludes intimesSalzedo


Second Semester

Exercises

continue with Salzedo's Method Book (additional preludes if possible)
continue with LaRivière's Theme and Variations #2


Repertoire

QuietudeSalzedo
Sonata in C minorDussek (just the 2nd movement for less advanced students)
Minuet d'AmourMassenet/Salzedo
TangoSalzedo
Theme and VariationsHaydn/Salzedo
PassacailleHandel


Year Two

Third Semester


Exercises

Conditioning ExercisesSalzedo
Various LaRivière exercises(i.e. #4 Theme and Variations, scales #14-18


Repertoire

GigaCorelli/Salzedo
Harmonius BlacksmithHandel/Salzedo
La GimbletteAndrès
Rigaudon and TambourinRameau/Salzedo
For more advanced students:
Concerto in BbHandel
Danses: sacrèe et profaneDebussy


Fourth Semester

Exercises

continue with Conditioning Exercises and various LaRivière exercises
continue with LaRivière's Theme and Variations #2


Repertoire

Sonata in C minorPescetti
MirageSalzedo
Suite of 8 DancesSalzedo(Rumba, Siciliana, Gavotte)