Handels quotHarmonious Blacksmithquot arranged for lever harp by Josh Layne

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I've just published my transcription of Handel's The Harmonious Blacksmith - here's the music video of the lever harp version. This Air and Variations is a fantastically fun piece to play - I hope you enjoy! • If you'd like to play this yourself you can buy the sheet music at http://www.joshlayne.com/blacksmith • Make sure to subscribe and click the notification bell to be alerted when I upload new videos! • ------------- • History: • I have been obliged to publish Some of the following Lessons, because Surrepticious and incorrect copies of them had got Abroad. I have added several new ones to make the Work more usefull, which if it meets with a favourable Reception, I will still proceed to publish more, reckoning it my duty with my Small Talent, to serve a Nation from which I have receiv'd so Generous a protection - G.F. Handel • So reads the inscription, in “Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin, Premier Volume”, of the publication of what would become known as Handel’s “Harmonious Blacksmith”. • It began life as the fourth and last movement, an Air and Variations, of Handel’s 5th Suite in E Major, HWV 430. There are various romantic stories about Handel being inspired by a blacksmith (the rhythm of a blacksmith’s hammer, or a tune the blacksmith was whistling) but they are almost certainly apocryphal. The title “Harmonious Blacksmith” was likely assigned to the Air and Variations by a music publisher as a canny advertising ploy. • It worked, as this last movement of the 5th Suite is by far the most commonly played and recorded of all the suites. It entered popular culture to the extent that in Dickens' “Great Expectations”, Pip is given the nickname Handel (“Would you mind Handel for a familiar name? There’s a charming piece by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith.”) because he had at one point been a blacksmith (“We are so harmonious – and you have been a blacksmith”). • ------------------------- • If you play the harp check out http://www.harptuesday.com for videos on all aspects of playing the harp. • Like what I do? Buy my recordings and sheet music at: http://www.joshlayne.com/store • I offer Skype lessons and coaching: http://www.joshlayne.com/lessons.html • Subscribe to my email newsletter at http://eepurl.com/nBSlz • Follow me on instagram / joshlayneharp • Questions or comments? You can email me at [email protected] • Thanks for watching! • Cheers, • Josh Layne • http://www.joshlayne.com • #Baroquemusic #harp #Handel

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