The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the harp.
Solo works
[edit]- Elias Parish Alvars
- Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo
- La Mandoline, Op.84
- Fantaisie sur Lucia di Lammermoor
- Lucia di Lammermoor Fantasia No. 2, Op 79
- 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 fées, Op 76
- Marche favorite du Sultan
- "Prayer" from Mosè in Egitto
- Serenade, Op. 83
- Romance No. 1
- Romance No. 2
- over 80 pieces
- 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 Boieldieu
- Harp Sonata (1795)
- Nimrod Borenstein
- Etude Poème opus 8 (1995)
- Nocturne opus 46 (2007)
- Benjamin Britten
- Suite for Harp (1969)
- A Ceremony of Carols (harp accompanies SSA choir)
- Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus (harp accompanies tenor)
- A Birthday Hansel (harp accompanies high voice)
- David Bruce
- Caja de Musica (2009)
- Howard J. Buss
- Awakening (2010)
- Vega of Lyra "The Harp Star" (2013)
- Gary Schocker (b. 1959)
- Garden in Harp
- Garrett Byrnes (b. 1971)
- Valley of Butterflies (2011)
- Sizzle (2009)
- Amhrán Slán (2001)
- Visions in Twilight (2000)
- André Caplet
- Déchiffrage (1910)
- Divertissement à la française (1924)
- Divertissement à l'espagnole (1924)
- Elliott Carter
- Bariolage (1992)
- Julian Cochran
- Four Preludes and Nocturne for Concert Harp
- Two Valses for Concert Harp
- Gilad Cohen
- Doaa and Masa (2016)[1]
- David Conte
- Marian Variations (2006)
- Carson Cooman
- Sun Figment for Harp (2002)
- Jean Cras
- Deux Impromptus pour harpe (1925)
- Jean-Michel Damase
- Aubade
- Introduction et Toccata
- Pluie
- Sarabande
- Sicilienne variée
- Tango pour harpe
- Thème et variations
- Thirty Etudes
- 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)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks
- Harp Sonata (1953)
- Félix Godefroid
- Carnaval de Venise, Op.184
- La danse des Sylphes
- Etude de concert, Op. 193
- Le coucou
- La harpe éolienne
- Alphonse Hasselmans
- Gitana, Op. 21
- La Source, Op. 44
- Three Préludes, Opp. 51–3
- Patrick Hawes
- How Hill (2009)
- Paul Hindemith
- Harp Sonata (1939)
- Alan Hovhaness
- Nocturne (1935; rev. 1959)
- Harp Sonata (1954)
- Suite for Harp (1973)
- Bertold Hummel
- Gregorian Fantasy for Harpe solo op. 97b (1994)[2]
- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
- Fantaisie Concertante in G for harp, piano and orchestra
- Karel Janovický
- Sonata for Harp (2000)
- Francois Couture
- Songes (2015)
- La suite du printemps (2020)
- Sonate auprès de la rivière (2021)
- Valeri Kikta
- Ossian, suite for harp (1965)
- Four poems of Osman (1969)
- Two Pieces (1972)
- Romantic Variations on a Theme by Lyudkevich (1978)
- Sonata No. 1 Sonata Lamentosa (1980)
- Sonata No. 2 Bylina Scales in E flat major (1982)
- Fantasy on themes from P.I. Tchaikovsky's 'Pique Dame' (1982)
- At the Smoldering Chimney, fantasy for harp (1983)
- Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
- 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
- Fabien Lévy
- Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent
- Peter Machajdík
- Fabio Mengozzi
- Arabesque (2011)
- Diario d'arpa (2011)
- Poema della trasmigrazione (2012)
- Romanza al cielo (2012)
- Rosa (2012)[8]
- Crux (2012)[9]
- Novella (2013)
- Moto fluttuante (2014)
- Primavera, stormi frementi nel silenzio del tramonto (2021)[10]
- Estate, luce di stelle nella notte (2021)[11]
- Autunno, petali sopiti nel vento (2021)[12]
- Inverno, neve cadente nel gelo dell'alba (2021)[13]
- Shai Cohen
- Nuance for Harp and Live electronics (2011)
- I saw a rainbow in a puddle for amplified Harp and live electronics (2019)
- Sergiu Natra
- Sonatina
- Prayer
- A Book of Hebrew Songs
- Ballade millenaire
- Cantosonata (2011)
- Lior Navok
- East of the Cane Fields
- Charles Oberthür
- Reminiscences de Suisse, Op. 3
- Souvenir de Genève, Op. 4
- Souvenir de Londres. Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur un thême original, Op. 26
- Souvenir de Boulogne. Nocturne, Op. 30
- La Belle Emmeline. Impromptu, Op. 51
- Trois Mélodies religieuses, Op. 52
- Gems of German Songs. Twelve Recreations, Op. 61
- Le Désir, Op. 65
- Au bord de la mer. Nocturne, Op. 68
- Bel chiaro di luna. Impromptu, Op. 91
- La Sylphide. Morceau caractéristique, Op. 150
- Seaside Rambles. Four Musical Sketches, Op. 158
- Le Réveil des elfes. Morceau caractéristique, Op. 181
- A Fairy Legend, Op. 182
- Erin, oh! Erin! Mélodie irlandaise favorite, Op. 183
- Conte de fées. Caprice, Op. 301
- Le Papillon. Caprice, Op. 317
- Henri O'Kelly
- Prélude pour harpe chromatique (1900)
- Rêverie pastorale (1900)
- 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
- Sonatas for harp (violin ad lib)
- Gabriel Pierné
- Impromptu-caprice, Op. 9 (1885)
- Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
- Improvisation (2003)
- The Turtle's Castle (2003)
- Four Compositions for Harp on Haiku Poetry (2003)
- Suite of 8 Dances: Laendler, Tango, Fandango, Horo, Kazachok, Arabian dance, Pavane (2004)
- Fantasy on Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata' (2005)
- Two Haiku Pieces on Basho (2006)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (2006)
- Five Haiku Pieces 'Solo Honkadorae Renga' (2006)
- Henriette Renié
- Contemplation (1902)
- Concerto pour harpe et orchestre (in C minor) (1901)
- Légende d'après 'Les Elfes' de Leconte de Lisle
- Six Pièces (Conte de Noël, Recueillement, Air de danse, Invention dans le Style ancien, Rêverie, Gavotte)
- Contemplation
- Danse des lutins
- Feuillets d'album (Esquisse, Danse d'autrefois, Angelus)
- Pièce symphonique en trois episodes
- Promenade matinale, deux pièces pour Harpe
- Deux pièces symphoniques (Élégie, Danse caprice)
- Ballade fantastique d'après 'Le Cœur révélateur' d'Edgar Poë)
- 2e Ballade pour harpe
- Andante Religioso
- Marcel Grandjany
- Rhapsodie pour la harpe(1922 or earlier)
- Joaquín Rodrigo
- Impromptu (1959)
- Nino Rota
- Sarabanda e Toccata
- Sonata
- Albert Roussel
- Impromptu, Op. 21 (1919)
- John Rutter
- Many choral hymns and anthems with harp accompaniment, w/w/o orchestral accompaniment
- Kaija Saariaho
- Fall (Maa)
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Fantaisie, Op. 95
- Salvatore Sciarrino
- Addio a Trachis
- Leon Schidlowsky
- Five Pieces for Harp
- Michael Seltenreich
- Inertia for Harp
- Dave Smith
- A propos de rien (1999)
- Juan María Solare
- White horse falling asleep (2012)
- Progressive Empathy (2022)
- 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 Petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu
- Sonate
- Sonata alla Scarlatti
- Josef Tal
- Intrada (1959)
- Structure (1961)
- Concerto for harp & electronic music (1971/1980)
- 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
- Étude 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
- Pièces nègres, Op. 41
- Quatre Préludes, Op. 16
- Six Noëls, Op. 32
- Sonatine, Op. 30
- Thème et variations
- Vers la source dans le bois
- Anthony Sidney
- Harp Prelude No.1
- Harp Prelude No.2
- Harp Prelude No.3
Two or more harps
[edit]- Gilad Cohen
- Trailheads, for two harps (2023)
- Alan Hovhaness
- Island of the Mysterious Bells (4 harps)
- Peter Machajdík
- Whilst You Dreamt (2003)[14]
- Fabio Mengozzi
- Symbolon (two harps)
- Francesco Petrini
- Duo for two harps (or harp and piano), Op. 7 (1773?)
- Duo for two harps (violin, basso continuo, ad lib), Op. 31
- Timothy Salter
- Three Intermezzi (two harps)
- Pentangle (two harps)
- Juan María Solare
- Plenitude in rotation (four harps) (2012)
- John Thomas
- Scenes of Childhood, for 2 harps (1863)
- Cambria, for 2 harps (1863)
- Marcel Tournier
- Quatre Préludes, Op. 16 (2 harps)
- Sergiu Natra
- Sonata for Four Harps
- Leon Schidlowsky
- Duetto
Chamber works
[edit]- William Alwyn
- Suite for Oboe and Harp (1944)
- Stefan Beyer
- Die schreien Salz, for bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, violin, and violoncello (2008/2009)
- François-Adrien Boieldieu
- 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
- Duos for harp and piano
- Jeremy Beck
- Ghosts for flute and harp (1985)
- Sonata for flute, violin, cello and harp (1986)
- Songs Without Words for flute and harp (1998)
- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Sonata for flute and harp
- Howard J. Buss
- Alpine Spring for flute and harp (2008)
- Inner Quest for flute and harp (2011)
- Saint Francis and the Animals for flute, clarinet and harp (2013)
- Seaside Reflections for flute and harp (1993)
- Seaside Reflections for oboe and harp (1993)
- Seaside Reflections for clarinet and harp (2011)
- Zoom for bass trombone (or tuba) and harp (2011)
- Garrett Byrnes; (b. 1971); Garrett Byrnes website
- Moon Songs for soprano and harp (2011)
- Villanelle for violin and harp (2006)
- Elliott Carter
- Trilogy for oboe and harp (1992)
- Luimen for trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, mandolin, guitar, and harp (1997)
- Mosaic for flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), harp, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (2004)
- Trije glasbeniki for flute, bass clarinet, and harp (2011)
- Jeremy Cavaterra
- Trio for Harp, Flute, and Viola (2012)
- Capriccio Concertante for clarinet, string quartet, bass, and harp (2017)
- Julian Cochran
- Artemis for violin, cor anglais and harp
- Gilad Cohen
- Francois Couture
- La suite foraine for Flute, viola and Harp (2015)
- La suite au chalet for Oboe and Harp (2019)
- La suite de la table d'hôte for Violin and Harp (2021)
- Sonate aux arômes boisés for Viola and Harp (2021)
- Sonate aux champs for Viola and Harp (2021)
- Jean Cras
- Quintette pour harpe, flûte, violon, alto et violoncelle (1928)[17]
- 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)
- Sonata for clarinet and harp (1984)
- Second Sonata for flute and harp
- Adage for trumpet and harp
- 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)
- Trio Sonata for flute, viola, and harp (2012)
- Joël-François Durand
- Le Tombeau de Rameau for flute, viola and harp (2008)
- 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)
- Vladimír Godár
- Barcarolle, for violin (or cello), strings, harp and harpsichord (1993/1995)
- La Canzona refrigerativa dell arpa di Davide (David's Refreshing Harp Song), for cello & harp (1999)
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Garden of Joy and Sorrow, for harp, flute and viola
- Lou Harrison
- The Perilous Chapel, for harp, flute, cello and percussion (1948)
- Patrick Hawes
- Earth Rise (2011) for harp and oboe
- Reflexionem (2006) for harp and cello
- Gilad Hochman
- Prayer without Words for soprano saxophone and Harp (2018)
- Arthur Honegger
- Petite suite for flute, viola and harp
- Alan Hovhaness
- The World Beneath the Sea
- No. 1, for harp, alto saxophone, vibraphone, timpani and gong (1954)
- No. 2, for harp, clarinet, timpani bells (chimes or glockenspiel), and double bass (1963)
- Koke no Niwa, for English horn (or B flat clarinet), 2 percussion and harp (1954; rev. 1960)
- The Garden of Adonis, for flute and harp (or piano) (1971)
- Firdausi, for clarinet, harp and percussion (1972)
- Spirit of Tress, for harp and guitar (1983)
- Starry Night, for flute, xylophone and harp
- Sonata for flute and harp (1987)
- Sno Qualmie, for harp, clarinet, timpani, chimes, and double bass
- The World Beneath the Sea
- Bertold Hummel
- Duo concertante for Harp and Violoncello Op.33 (1968)[18]
- Airat Ichmouratov
- Trio for Harp, Viola and Flute "Fujin's Dream" Op.58 (2018)
- 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 Krumpholz
- 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
- Lowell Liebermann
- Sonata for flute and harp, Op. 56 (1996)
- Raymond Luedeke
- Bohuslav Martinů
- Musique de Chambre No. 1 (clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano)
- Felix Mendelssohn
- The Evening Bell in B flat for harp and piano MWV Q 20 (1829)
- Fabio Mengozzi
- Phoenix (violin and harp)
- Ousia (harp and piano)
- Ousia II (flute, cello, harp, piano)
- Auriga (harp and piano)
- Sergiu Natra
- Music For Violin and Harp
- Music For Harp and Three Brass Instruments (trumpet, trombone, & French horn)
- Music for Nicanor (harp, flute, clarinet & string quartet)
- Commentaires sentimentaux (flute, viola and harp)
- Two Sacred Songs (soprano, violin, cello, harp & organ)
- Ancient Walls (trombone & harp)
- Ancient Walls (horn & harp)
- Trio in One Movement nr. 2 (2 French horns & harp)
- Deux poemes (voice & harp)
- Sonata for Harp and String Quartet
- Divertimento for Harp and String Quartet with D.B.
- Divertimento for Harp and String Quartet without D.B.
- Divertimento for Harp and String Orch.
- Lior Navok
- Al Mishkavi Baleylot, for soprano and harp
- Quartet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp
- Veiled Echoes, for flute, viola and harp
- Seven Haiku, for flute (or alto flute) and harp
- Charles Oberthür
- Souvenir à Schwalbach, Op. 42 for horn and harp
- Mon séjour à Darmstadt, Op. 90 for horn and harp
- Trio, Op. 139 for violin, cello, harp
- Trio, Op. 162 for violin, cello, harp (1867)
- Orpheus, Op. 253 for harp and piano
- Sweet Dreams, Op. 300 for clarinet and piano
- Elias Parish Alvars
- Grande fantaisie brillante for harp and piano (1838), based on themes from Anna Bolena, La sonnambula and Lucia di Lammermoor, composed with Carl Czerny
- 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
- Airs with variations
- Maurice Ravel
- Albert Roussel
- Sérénade for flute, string trio, and harp, Op. 30 (1925)
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Fantasie for violin and harp, Op. 124
- Timothy Salter
- Mosaics for flute/picolo, viola and harp
- Carlos Salzedo
- The Enchanted Isle (1918)
- Harp Concerto No. 1 (1926)
- Harp Concerto No. 2 (1953)
- Anthony Sidney
- Florence Concert, for Harp and Orchestra (2004)
- Sonata for Harp and Guitar (2014)
- Sketchbook of a Journey, for Harp and Guitar (2014)
- Chiaroscuro, for Harp, Viola and Guitar (2018)
- Lavender and Mulberry Sonatina, for Harp and Guitar (2018)
- Concert of the Seas, for Harp, Guitar and Orchestra (2018)
- Sonata No.2 for Harp and Guitar (2021)
- Sonata for Harp, Flute and Bassoon (2023)
- Leo Smit
- Trio pour Flute, Alto et harpe
- Dave Soldier
- Dean Swift's Satyrs for the Very Very Young for harp, viola, flute and voice (2011)
- 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)
- Sonatas for harp and violin
- William Grant Still
- Ennanga, for harp, string quintet, and piano (1956)[23]
- Igor Stravinsky
- Epitaphium for flute, clarinet, and harp (1959)
- Toru Takemitsu
- Eucalypts II, for flute, oboe and harp (1971)
- "Rain Spell", for piano, harp, vibrafone, clarinet and flute (1980)
- Toward the Sea III, for alto flute and harp (1989)
- And then I knew 'twas Wind, for flute, viola and harp (1992)
- Josef Tal
- Lament, for violoncello & harp (1947)
- Hora, for violoncello & harp (1949)
- Duo for trombone & harp (1989)
- Marcel Tournier
- Nocturne (cello, harp and organ)
- La Lettre du jardinier (high voice and harp)
- Deux préludes romantiques Op. 17 (violin and harp)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Sextuor mystique, for flute, oboe, alto saxophone, harp, guitar and celesta (1917)
- Quatuor, for flute, alto saxophone, harp, celesta and women's voices (1921)
- Nonetto, for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, harp, piano, celesta, percussion and mixed choir (1923)
- Quintette instrumental, for flute, harp and string trio (1953)
Concertante works
[edit]Concertos
[edit]- Mark Adamo
- Four Angels: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (2007)
- Kalevi Aho
- Mearra, chamber concerto for harp and 13 strings (2016)
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
- 4 harp concertinos (1772)
- Harp Concerto (1773)[24]
- Elias Parish Alvars
- Three concertos
- Two concertinos, one for solo harp, one for two harps
- William Alwyn
- Lyra Angelica, concerto for harp and string orchestra (1954)[25]
- Henk Badings
- Harp Concerto (1967)[26]
- Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
- Concerto militar
- Concerto pour harpe et orchestre No. 1 en ré mineur, Op. 15[27]
- François-Adrien Boieldieu
- Harp Concerto in C Major (1801)[28]
- Ann Carr-Boyd
- Fantasy for Harp and Orchestra (1996)
- Gilad Cohen
- Saucerful of Memories: Concerto for harp, string orchestra, and French horn obbligato (2023)
- Paul Constantinescu
- Harp Concerto[29]
- Barry Conyngham
- Cloudlines: Concerto for harp and orchestra (1990)
- Henry Cowell
- Harp Concerto, L. 947 (1965)
- Jean-Michel Damase
- Ballade pour harpe et orchestre à cordes
- Concertino pour harpe et instruments à cordes
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
- Concerto for Harp[30]
- Ernő Dohnányi
- Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra (1952)[31]
- Jan Ladislav Dussek
- Harp Concerto in E flat, C. 53/265 (1789)
- Harp Concerto in F, C. 78/266 (1792)
- Harp Concerto in C, C. 129/267 (1795)
- The Favourite Concerto in F, C. 158 (1798?)
- Harp Concerto in B flat, C. 264 (1813), lost
- Ernst Eichner
- Harp Concerto in C (1769)
- Harp Concerto in D (1771?)
- Alberto Ginastera
- Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1956)[32]
- Reinhold Glière
- Radamés Gnattali
- Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1957)[34]
- George Frideric Handel
- Concerto in B-flat major for harp and orchestra, Op. 4, No. 6, HWV 294 (1738)
- Patrick Hawes
- Highgrove Suite for harp and string orchestra[35]
- Jennifer Higdon
- Harp Concerto (2018)
- Joe Hisaishi
- Harp Concerto (2024)
- Alun Hoddinott
- Harp Concerto, Op. 11 (1957)
- Karl Jenkins
- Over the Stone, a concerto for two harps (2008)
- André Jolivet
- Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra (1952)
- Joseph Jongen
- Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op.129 (1944)[36]
- Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
- Harp Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 4 (c. 1777)
- Harp Concertos Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 6 (c. 1777)
- Harp Concerto No. 5, Op. 7 (c. 1778)
- Harp Concerto No. 6, Op. 9 (c. 1785)
- William Lovelock
- Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1981)
- William Mathias
- Harp Concerto, Op. 50 (1970)
- Marjan Mozetich
- Concerto for Two Harps and Orchestra, The Passion of Angels (1995 )
- Darius Milhaud
- Harp Concerto, Op. 323 (1953)
- Sergiu Natra
- Divertimento for Harp (solo) and String Orch.
- Charles Oberthür
- Harp Concertino, Op. 175 (c.1863)
- Giovanni Paisiello
- Harp Concerto in A major[37]
- Francesco Petrini
- Two harp concertos arranged from works by "Mr. Bach" and "Mr. J.-B. Davaux", Op. 18 (c.1782)
- Harp Concerto No. 1, Op. 25 (1786)
- Harp Concerto No. 3, Op. 27 (1793)
- Harp Concerto No. 4 in B flat, Op. 29 (1793)
- Gabriel Pierné
- Konzertstück, Op.39 (1901)[38]
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Harp Concerto (2000)[39]
- Henriette Renié
- Harp Concerto (1901)[40]
- Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
- Harp Concerto in E Minor, Opus 182 (1884)[41]
- Joaquín Rodrigo
- Concierto serenata (1952)
- Nino Rota
- Harp Concerto (1947)
- R. Murray Schafer
- Harp Concerto (1987)
- Ariel Sol Bertulfo Schwartz
- Strum! Harp Concerto (2024)[42]
- Leo Smit
- Concertino pour harpe et orchestre (1933)
- Leo Sowerby
- Concerto for Harp and Small Orchestra, H. 123 (1916/1919)[43]
- John Thomas
- Two harp concertos, including the Concerto in E flat, the only work by a Welsh composer to be performed (1852) during the first hundred years of the history of the Royal Philharmonic Society
- Germaine Tailleferre
- Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1927)[44]
- Boris Tishchenko
- Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 69 (1977)[45]
- Geirr Tveitt
- Harp Concerto No. 1 (Lost)
- Harp Concerto No. 2 "Concerto Eroico" op.170 (1957)[46]
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Harp Concerto (1953)
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Concerto for Harp and strings in F, WWV 281 (1761)
- John Williams
- On Willows and Birches (2009)
- Mario Zafred
- Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1956?)
- Anthony Sidney
- Florence Concert, for Harp and Orchestra (2004)
- Concert of the Seas, for Harp, Guitar and Orchestra (2018)
Other concertante works
[edit]- Luciano Berio
- Chemins I on Sequenza II (1964)
- Garrett Byrnes (b. 1971)
- Capriccio Tempestoso (2010)
- André Caplet
- Légende (1908) after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," revised as Conte fantastique for harp and string quartet (1922-3)
- Don Gillis
- Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra (1946)[47]
- Joe Hisaishi
- Adagio for 2 Harps and Strings (2023)[48]
- Valeri Kikta
- Frescos of the St. Sofia Cathedral of Kiev for harp and orchestra (1974)
- Scottish Suite on Scottish Themes from 16th – 18th centuries for two harps and orchestra (2000)
- Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
- Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 for harp and orchestra, Op. 11 (1787)
- Théodore Labarre
- Fantaisie, Op. 101 (1841)
- Charles Oberthür
- Macbeth Overture, Op. 60 (1852)
- Loreley, legend, Op. 180
- Gabriel Pierné
- Concertstück, Op. 39 (1903)
- Walter Piston
- Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra (1963)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Ballade for harp and strings (1973/1981)
- Ferdinand Ries
- Overture Bardique [concertante] for 6 harps (in 2 parts) and orchestra WoO 24 (1815)
- Joaquín Rodrigo
- Sones en la Giralda (1963)
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Morceau de concert in G, Op. 154 (1918)
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Notturno for Strings and Harp (1895–96)
- Toru Takemitsu
- Toward the Sea II, for alto flute, harp and string orchestra II (1981)
Concertos with other solo instruments
[edit]- William Alwyn
- Concerto for Oboe, harp and strings (1944)
- Kalevi Aho
- Concerto for Cor anglais, Harp and Orchestra (2014)
- Henry Cowell
- Duo concertante for flute, harp, and orchestra, L. 894 (1961)
- Hans Werner Henze
- Doppio Concerto for oboe, harp & strings (1966)
- Paul Hindemith
- Konzertmusik for brass, harp, and piano, Op. 49 (1930)
- Concerto for woodwinds, harp, and orchestra (1949)
- Anna Jalkéus
- Concerto for jazz voice, harp and orchestra "The Rise of Estrogenia" (2017)[49]
- Lowell Liebermann
- Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, Op.48 (1995)
- Frank Martin
- Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra, op.54 (1944)
- Fabio Mengozzi
- Auriga II (piano, harp and string orchestra)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Louis Spohr
- Concertante for violin and harp in G, WoO 13 (1806)
- Concertante for violin and harp in E minor, WoO 14 (1807)
References
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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