Renie, Henriette, Les Pins de Charlanne
This lovely little work for two beginner or beginner-intermediate pedal or lever harps provides a wonderful opportunity for early harp students to perform a piece in Renie's distinctive French style. This work could also be a duet between harp and piano - neither part includes any pedal or lever changes. Each harp gets the opportunity to play rolled chords, arpeggios and a quarter note melody.
Score is 5 pages Henriette Renié (1875-1956) was a French harpist, composer and pedagogue. She studied harp at the Paris Conservatory - beginning lessons at the age of 9 - with the legendary Alphonse Hasselmans, who also taught Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975) and Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961).
After receiving the Premier Prix for harp at the age of twelve, Renié began counterpoint lessons at the Paris Conservatory, where she was the only female in the class. Renié career as a harpist included a rigorous teaching schedule (Harpo Marx numbered among one of the many students who traveled to France to study with her albeit briefly).
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