Aria in Classic Style
by Marcel Grandjany
Marcel Grandjany (1891–1975) was the most influential harp pedagogue in 20th-century America, teaching for decades at the Juilliard School after emigrating from Paris where he had been a pupil of Alphonse Hasselmans. His Aria in Classic Style is the most beloved of his shorter pieces: a flowing, cantabile melody in a Neo-Baroque idiom, written to demonstrate the harp's singing tone in the middle register. Accessible technically but demanding expressively, it is standard in American harp pedagogy and appears frequently on conservatory audition lists. Grandjany's music bridges the French Romantic tradition and the American concert scene of the mid-20th century.
Editions
Elkan-Vogel
Marcel Grandjany, 1943
Original publisher; the standard edition, still in print and used universally in North American harp pedagogy.
G. Schirmer
Editorial staff, 1968
Widely available reprint edition; the version most commonly found in music libraries and audition packets.