sunita s arp h olo eltic and Jewish music arraned for folk harp formerly published by Mel Bay companion recordin available
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Table of ontents Adio Querida ~ Traditional Ladino...7 Farewell My Love is almost identical to a melody in Verdi s opera, La Traviata. The Jews of Bularia loved opera and have adopted the melody into their tradition. Árvoles Lloran ~ Traditional Ladino...26 A popular Ladino folk son sun by the Jews of reece. Similar versions are found elsewhere in the Mediterranean. arolan s rauht ~ Turlouh O arolan...2 O arolan was a celebrated 17th century blind Irish harper whose music remains popular today. arolan s Farewell ~ Turlouh O arolan...2 Many believe this was one of O arolan s last melodies and his farewell to music. Eleanor Plunkett ~ Turlouh O arolan...20 O arolan composed music for many patrons includin Eleanor Plunkett. arfalia ~ Traditional reek...4 This is a traditional reek dance. A arfalia is a carnation flower. Jerusalem ~ Traditional Israeli...16 A hauntin melody about the beautiful city of Jerusalem. La Rosa Enflorece ~ Traditional Ladino...0 A Medieval Ladino melody. Ladino was the lanuae of the Jews of Medieval Spain. Scarborouh Fair ~ Traditional Enlish...18 Scarborouh is a town in Northern Enland. This son was made popular by the siners, Simon & arfunkel. The Banks of Suir ~ Traditional Irish...14 A son about the River Suir in Ireland. Ya Ribon ~ Traditional from Jerusalem...... 12 The words are from a poem written in Aramaic by Rabbi Israel Ben Moses Najara in the 16th century. This is a reliious son that has become popular as a Sabbath son. The melody is from Jerusalem. Ya Ribon ~ Traditional Jewish...... 4 One of the most popular versions of Ya Ribon in the United States. Yo m enamori d un aire ~ Traditional Ladino......10 A Ladino folk son about mistaken love. 2
S unita s Solo Harp book was published to complement her third recordin by the same name. Jewish melodies from around the Mediterranean and eltic music from the British Isles are woven toether to celebrate the unique role the harp has played in the folklore and music of both traditions. From Kin avid s healin music in ancient Israel, to the eltic bards of reat Britain, the harp has a lon tradition in both cultures. Sunita lives in Israel and has been explorin Jewish and eltic music for more than two decades. It was durin her early years there in the 1980s that she met her Scottish husband in Jerusalem and bean workin with Israeli musicians, developin her own style of Klezmer, Sephardic, and Israeli folk music. She also traveled to Scotland where she bouht her first clarsach (Scottish folk harp), and bean associations with musicians there, which led to invitations to perform and teach at the Edinburh Harp Festival. Sunita has also performed at the Edinburh International Festival Frine with her ensemble, VIA, and with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Minnesota Opera. While classically trained, her reat love is traditional music, and she performs both solo, and in duets and ensembles in Israel. Sunita has been playin harp since she was a child. She bean with teachers in her native Minnesota, and later traveled to study with some of the reat harpists of our time, in New York, Paris and Tel Aviv. She raduated from Tufts University in Massachusetts and earned her masters deree from the Manhattan School of Music. She later became a music practitioner and studied the healin properties of the harp in hospitals and therapeutic settins, and participatin in medical studies at Meir Hospital in Israel. She publishes articles about her work as a harp therapist and founded a non-profit oranization, NEVEL, to further the work and train harpists to become practitioners. Sunita performs and conducts workshops and master classes throuhout the world at festivals, music schools, and pubic venues. She has released 14 recordins on the Maxemilian, Excelsior, and Silver Linin record labels, and has published 12 books of her arranements for solo harp, and harp & flute. Sunita s website: http://www.sunitaharp.com NEVEL website: http://www.neveljerusalem.or
Ya Ribon Traditional Jewish Arr. by Sunita Staneslow Lively 7 E 4
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Adío Querida Traditional Ladino Folkson Arr. by Sunita Staneslow Fix all F # 's & 4 m w > Œ 4 Œ. & m w Œ. m w # # & Œ #.. m w Œ. LH 2 & m w Œ w. & Œ m w # # Œ #... 7
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Yo m enamori d un aire Ladino Folkson Arr. by Sunita Staneslow Fix all F 's m 7 m m 7 m m m m 7 m m 7 m m E 10
m m E E m m E E 11
Ya Ribon Traditional from Jerusalem Arr. by Sunita Staneslow m F m F m B F B m m F m m m F m 12
B F B m B F B m 1
The Banks of the Suir Traditional Irish Arr. by Sunita Staneslow Bm Bm Bm 14
Bm Bm Bm 15
m Set IV æ.=50, With emotion m B B Y'rushalayim m m A7 A7 m Traditional Arr. by Sunita Staneslow m A A B B A7 A7 m m m m m m A7 m A7 m A7 m A7 m A7 16
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Scarborouh Fair Traditional Enlish Arr. by Sunita Staneslow m m m m m m m m m m 18
m m m m 9 rit. 19
Eleanor Plunkett Turlouh O arolan Arr. by Sunita Staneslow Bm Bm Bm Bm 20
Bm Bm 21
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arolan s rauht Turlouh O arolan Arr. by Sunita Staneslow Liht 7 A A 7 A A F 2
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Árvoles Traditional Ladino Arr. by Sunita Staneslow A A A A 7 A 7 A Bm m A 26
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arfalia Traditional reek Arr. by Sunita Staneslow m m m m 4
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