Category: Godefroid

Ep. 299 – An in-depth look at Godefroid’s Fantasie on Schubert’s “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt”

Today’s Harp Tuesday episode (299) is an in-depth look at a beautiful Godefroid “Fantasy” on a Schubert Song. The sheet music for this (public domain) can be found at the harp archives: https://archive.org/details/colemlodiquepour01gode/page/2/mode/2up

I filmed a music video of the piece:

The Schubert song that the Fantasie is based on is called “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt” (from D.877) which itself is based on a Goethe poem.

IMSLP link for the original Schubert Song: https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Ges%C3%A4nge_aus_%27Wilhelm_Meister%27,_D.877_(Schubert,_Franz)

A YouTube link for the Schubert song with the score (Janet Baker and Geoffrey Parsons) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbxVBcYyr3k

I did an earlier Harp Tuesday episode on this piece, looking at how I put in pedal markings and fingerings: https://www.harptuesday.com/ep281/

And if you like this, you should definitely check out Godefroid’s take on Schubert’s Standchen: https://www.harptuesday.com/ep207/

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Ep. 281 – How to figure out pedal changes and fingerings featuring Schubert/Godefroid “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt”

I’m excited about doing a Harp Tuesday episode on the first of Godefroid’s five fantasies on Schubert songs (I already did one on the Serenade (https://www.harptuesday.com/ep207/ )

In preparation I needed to write in pedal changes and some fingerings and I thought I’d bring you along! I hope this episode gives you a sense of how you can do quite a bit away from the harp – although there is no substitute for actually trying it out, I know for sure I will change some of the fingering – stay tuned for the Harp Tuesday episode featuring it 🙂

EDIT – I’ve finally filmed a music video and Harp Tuesday episode on this!

If you want to play the piece yourself it is public domain and can be found at the Harp Archives: https://archive.org/details/colemlodiquepour01gode/page/2/mode/2up

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Ep. 262 – How to play the introduction to Godefroid’s “Etude de Concert”

In this episode I look at the first page of Felix Godefroid’s Etude de Concert in E flat minor. Download the first page with my markings on it here. The full piece can be found at the harp archives here.

I talked a bit about this etude back in Harp Tuesday episode 65: https://www.harptuesday.com/ep-65-la-source-and-etude-de-concert/

And here’s an episode featuring an arrangement for lever harp of the main theme: https://www.harptuesday.com/ep197/

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Ep. 212 – Into the Archives! A look at Godefroid’s“MystĂ©rieux Vallon”.

Another “into the archives” episode, where I take a look at a piece of music from the International Harp Archives. In this case it’s a lovely little piece by Felix Godefroid called the “Mysterious Valley“.

Requested by a viewer, I wasn’t familiar with this piece but I really enjoyed reading through it, and as well as introducing it to you I offer up some ideas on how to approach a piece when you’re first learning it.

You can find the sheet music for free at https://archive.org/details/pensesmusicale01gode/page/20/mode/2up

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Ep. 207 – An in-depth look at Godefroid’s Fantasie on Schubert’s “Ständchen”

In this episode of Harp Tuesday I take a look at Felix Godefroid’s beautiful take on Schubert’s “Ständchen” or “Serenade“. Here’s a live performance of it from 2016:

The music can be found for free at the Harp Archives: https://archive.org/details/colemlodique05gode/page/2/mode/2up

Here’s an episode I did on playing 2 against 3 –https://www.harptuesday.com/ep-124-playing-2-vs-3-rhythms-in-debussys-1st-arabesque/

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Ep. 73 A look at Godefroid’s “La Danse des Sylphes”

In this episode of Harp Tuesday I take a quick look at the end of Felix Godefroid’s “La Danse des Sylphes”

A very fun piece to play 🙂

You can watch the last couple minutes in a video I just recorded:

Or a live performance of the entire piece from 2007:

I also recorded it in my 1997 CD “An Afternoon of Harp Music”

If you’re interested in learning the piece it appears to be available on archive.org