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Six Sonatas for Harp, Op. 2, SIGNED by Susann McDonald

$ 1.84

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Artist: Susann McDonald
  • Run Time: 39:86
  • Speed: 33 RPM
  • Era: 1970s
  • Catalog Number: 70-751966
  • Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Composer: Rosetti
  • Language: English
  • Record Grading: Good (G)
  • Fidelity Level: Stereo
  • Color: Black
  • Instrument: Harp
  • Format: Record
  • Material: Vinyl
  • Genre: Classical
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: The cardboard jacket has scuffing and the edges are worn, but it's intact.
  • Release Year: 1971
  • Style: Sonata
  • Type: Pedal Harp
  • Number of Audio Channels: Stereo
  • Sleeve Grading: Good (G)
  • Features: Original Inner Sleeve

    Description

    SIX SONATAS FOR HARP, OP. 2
    Francesco Antonio Rosetti
    SUSANN MCDONALD, HARPIST
    SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
    SIDE 1                                                            SIDE 2
    1. Sonata I in F Major                                     1. Sonata IV in G Major
    2. Sonata II in E Flat Major                             2. Sonata V in B Flat Major
    3. Sonata III in B Flat Major                            3. Sonata VI in C Major
    These sonatas were originally written for clavecin and violin.  Each movement has three sections; fast-slow-fast.  The second edition of the sonatas were designated for the new pedal harp as well as the prevailing keyboard instruments of the time.
    Susann McDonald, originally from Rock Island, Illinois, studied harp in Chicago and New York.  At fifteen, she moved to Paris to study with world-famous harhpist, Henriette Renie.  In Paris, she won the coveted "Premiere Prix" at the Conservatoire National de Musique.  While at the conservatory, she also studied with Lily Laskine.  She is the former head of the Harp Department at Indiana University and the founder of the World Harp Congress.