“A harp can be as dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.” George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones
The harp is one of the oldest and most versatile instruments around. It is popular as a solo instrument, and it also plays an important role in both orchestral and chamber music, famous examples being Mozart’s Concerto for Harp & Flute and Ravel’s Introduction & Allegro. Browse our sheet music & scores, take a look at our Harp Sheet Music Downloads, and let Stretta Music prove that with you, the harp is most definitely in the right hands!
Variations of the harp were found on almost all continents, dating back to at least 3000 BC. The first harps were played horizontally, and only had around six strings. The harp developed in many different ways throughout history, it slowly added more strings, and with the integration of a column, to support these strings, the harp became upright. In the Medieval period, a hollow resonance box was added for amplification.
The next step in the harp’s journey came in the Baroque period, where hooks were used to change the pitch of the strings, to play in different keys. Pedals soon followed, sharpening groups of strings at the same time, giving the harp more chromatic scope. This was the birth of the single-action harp, but it had its limitations, and in the Classical period, the first double-action harps were built. The sound box had seven integrated pedals, and they could be double-depressed, pressing down once raised a semitone, but from there, they could be depressed again, to raise another semitone. This gave the harp full chromatic flexibility, and our modern harps today are all double-action harps.
Klassik
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 885357
Harp
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1590781
for: Harp
Item no.: 345063
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 697416
11 pieces in various pop-styles
for: Harp
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 337456
für Harfe
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 382475
for: Harp
Item no.: 342455
Collection de Transcriptions Classiques pour Harpe à pédales
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 266691
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 266669
Edition Schott
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 741597
Klassik
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 618159
für Harfe
for: Harp
Ensemble score
Item no.: 116314
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 390222
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 390131
for: Bassoon, harp, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215665
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 696347
für Pedalharfe
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1555498
11 Stücke für Saitenmusikbesetzung, 3-stimmig
Alpenländische Saitenmusik 4
for: 3 Stringed instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1566589
for: Harp
Item no.: 148901
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 697387
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 819679
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 481876
for: Harp, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 350981
op.167
for: Harp
Item no.: 615005
Playing score
for: Harp
Item no.: 218230
for: Harp, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 324140
Harfe Plus 3
for: Celtic harp, 2 violins, cello
Score
Item no.: 299282
for: 2 harps
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 655559
Sudien und Übungen
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 301190
op. 4
for: Harp
Item no.: 553712
for Harp with Accompaniment of String Quartet, Flute and Clarinet
Based on the Original Manuscript
for: Harp
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683323
for: Harp, organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 904936
Klassik
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 270804
for: Harp
Book
Item no.: 970623
Arranged for Lever or Pedal Harp
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1590767
für Harfe
for: Harp
Score
Item no.: 382168
for: harp; violin, cello ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559189
Streichquartett / -quintett und Harfe ad libitum
König Juan von Portugal
for: Harp, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655580
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 776363
14 easy pieces
for: Celtic harp
Music score
Item no.: 1556934
op. 16
for: Harp
Item no.: 553748
for: Harp, piano
Item no.: 1629528
op.18/3
for: Harp
Item no.: 581119
op. 116
for: Harp
Solostimme
Item no.: 1627011
48 Studies for the Harp
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 269551
Arranged for Harp
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1590787
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 258073