Research Guides: Harp: Program Note Resources

Resources for Writing Program Notes

In general, browse the ML410 call numbers on the shelves for biographical information about composers, arranged by their last names. Browse the MT130-MT145 call numbers, also arranged alphabetically by composer, for analyses of a particular composer's works.

Examples of Biographies of Composers and Performers

The Music of the Irish Harper Turlough Carolan : Influences, Style and Reception by David Rogers
Call Number: ML410.C3275 R6 1996
Publication Date: 1996
University of Oregon M.A. Thesis. Includes vita, abstract, discography and bibliographical references.
Louis Spohr, A Critical Biography by Clive Brown
Call Number: ML410.S7 B8 1984
Publication Date: 1984
Carolan: The Life, Times, and Music of an Irish Harper by Donal O'Sullivan
Call Number: ML419.C35 O8 2001
ISBN: 1900428717
Publication Date: 2005
One Woman in a Hundred: Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra by Mary Sue Welsh
Call Number: ML419.P486 W45 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Henriette Renié, Living Harp by Françoise Des Varennes
Call Number: ML419.R45 D5 1990
Publication Date: 1990
Translation of: Henriette Renié, harpe vivante.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examples of Analyses of Musical Works

Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, His Harp Compositions and Pedagogy: Implications for the Twentieth Century Harpist by Rosalie Rebollo Pratt; Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz
Call Number: HUM. FILM 701 (mircrofilm)
Publication Date: 1975
A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music by Jeffery T. Kite-Powell (Editor)
Call Number: ML457 .P48 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Miscellanea musica Celtica by James Travis
Call Number: ML1005 .T73
Publication Date: 1968
In English, includes bibliographical references.
Handel Concertos by Stanley Sadie
Call Number: MT130.H2 S2
Publication Date: 1973
Mozart Wind and String Concertos by Alec H. King
Call Number: MT130.M8K56 1978a
Publication Date: 1978

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