List of compositions for harp

The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the harp.

## Solo works

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* 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
* Méthode complète pour le harpe (1844)
* Fantaisies on operatic themes after Donizetti, Rossini and others
* Numerous concert works
* Fabien Lévy
* Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent
* Peter Machajdík
* Nell'autunno del suo abbraccio insonne (2003)[3]
* Flower full of Gardens[4] (2010)
* Ulity[5] (2014)
* Rivers Connect[6] (2019)
* Benefits of Breathing[7] (2020)
* 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
* 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

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* 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)

Carlos Salzedo

* Pentangle (two harps)
* Juan María Solare
* Plenitude in rotation (four harps) (2012)

Karlheinz Stockhausen

*     * Freude (Joy), for two harps (Klang: zweite Stunde, 2005)
* 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

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* 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
* 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
* Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (2010)[15]
* Firefly Elegy for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and harp (2017)[16]
* 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
* Upon Enchanted Ground, Op.90, No.1, for flute, cello, giant tamtam and harp
* 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
* The Moon in the Labyrinth for harp and string quartet (or string orch.)[19]
* The Lyre of Orpheus for harp and string quartet (or for harp duo)[20]
* Fairy Tales for harp and flute (also piccolo)
* Five Pieces for harp, flute, and cello[21]
* Aurora for flute and harp[22]
* 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
* Maurice Ravel
* Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet (1905)
* 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)
* 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

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### Concertos

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See also: harp concerto

* 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
* Harp Concerto in E flat, Op. 74 (1938)[33]
* 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

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* 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

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* 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
* Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299 (1778)[50]
* 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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18. ^ Boosey & Hawkes
19. ^ Rensch, Roslyn (1989). Harps and Harpists. Indiana University Press. p. 282\. ISBN 0-253-34903-6.
20. ^ "Illuminations". AllMusic.
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35. ^ "Prince Charles commissions classical concert to celebrate Highgrove gardens".
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49. ^ Available on YouTube, World Premiere at March 20 2017
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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

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