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| © 2004-2023 ADLAIS |
| Prayer from
Rossini's 'Mose in Egitto' John Thomas Pencerdd Gwalia (1826-1913) arr. & ed. by Ann Griffiths |
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Work: | Single work for two harps or harp and piano |
| Catalogue No: | Adlais 037 | |
| ISMN: | 979-0-57032-019-6 (Harp
1 & Harp
2) 979-0M-57032-020-2 (Piano part - replaces Harp 2) |
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| Edition: | 2005 Archive Facsimile, A4 stapled, Set of Parts | |
| Suitable for: | Grade 7, Pedal Harp | |
| Price:: | £9.00 Go
to shop Alternative piano part only (replaces Harp 2) - £4.00 |
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| See all Adlais Publications by John Thomas | ||
In 1868 John Thomas had made what became a very popular arrangement for solo harp of Desdemona's Willow Song ('Assisa a piè d'un salice') from Rossini's Otello, an opera first performed in Naples in 1816. In 1884 he followed this with another arrangement from a Rossini opera of the same period, this time from Mosè in Egitto (Naples, 1818). He arranged the famous 'Prayer' for two harps, with an alternative version for harp and piano, and most probably played it, in the first instance, with a former pupil Joan Frances Denny (1849-1926), later to become his second wife. The 'Prayer' comes from Act 3 of the 1819 revival of Rossini's opera. Having travelled to the edge of the Red Sea, the Israelites can go no further. It is at this point that Moses leads them in the prayer 'Dal tuo stellato soglio'. Their prayer is answered, and, at the touch of Moses's rod, the waters divide. A.G. 2005 |
