List of compositions for harp

The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the harp .

Solo works

• Elias Parish Alvars
  • Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo
  • La Mandoline, Op.84
  • Fantaisie sur Lucia di Lammermoor
  • Lucia di Lammermoor Fantasia No. 2, Op 79
  • Fantasia on Themes from Oberon
  • Grand Study in Imitation of the Mandoline
  • "Hebrew Air", from Voyage No. 3
  • "Chanson grec", from Voyage No. 6
  • "Sultan's Parade", from Voyage No. 3
  • La Danse des fées, Op 76
  • Marche favorite du Sultan
  • "Prayer" from Mosè in Egitto
  • Serenade, Op. 83
  • Romance No. 1
  • Romance No. 2
  • over 80 pieces
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Sonata for Harp in G major, Wq.139
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Six Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 (for harp or piano, composed before 1793)
• Luciano Berio
  • Sequenza II (1963)
• François-Adrien Boieldieu
  • Harp Sonata (1795)
• Nimrod Borenstein
  • Etude Poème opus 8 (1995)
  • Nocturne opus 46 (2007)
• Benjamin Britten
  • Suite for Harp (1969)
  • A Ceremony of Carols (harp accompanies SSA choir)
  • Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus (harp accompanies tenor)
  • A Birthday Hansel (harp accompanies high voice)
• David Bruce
  • Caja de Musica (2009)
• Howard J. Buss
  • Awakening (2010)
  • Vega of Lyra "The Harp Star" (2013)
• Gary Schocker (b. 1959)
  • Garden in Harp
• Garrett Byrnes (b. 1971)
  • Valley of Butterflies (2011)
  • Sizzle (2009)
  • Amhrán Slán (2001)
  • Visions in Twilight (2000)
• André Caplet
  • Déchiffrage (1910)
  • Divertissement à la française (1924)
  • Divertissement à l'espagnole (1924)
• Elliott Carter
  • Bariolage (1992)
• Julian Cochran
  • Four Preludes and Nocturne for Concert Harp
  • Two Valses for Concert Harp
• Gilad Cohen
  • Doaa and Masa (2016) ^[1]
• David Conte
  • Marian Variations (2006)
• Carson Cooman
  • Sun Figment for Harp (2002)
• Jean-Michel Damase
  • Aubade
  • Introduction et Toccata
  • Pluie
  • Sarabande
  • Sicilienne variée
  • Tango pour harpe
  • Thème et variations
  • Thirty Etudes
• Jan Ladislav Dussek
  • Sonata with 'The Lass of Richmond Hill' in F, C. 183 (c.1800)
  • Three Sonatas (1797), possibly by Sophia Dussek
    • No. 1 in B flat, C. 12
    • No. 2 in G, C. 13
    • No. 3 in C minor, C. 14
  • Six Sonatinas (1799), definitely by J.L. Dussek
    • No. 1 in C, C. 160
    • No. 2 in F, C. 161
    • No. 3 in G, C. 162
    • No. 4 in B flat, C. 163
    • No. 5 in F, C. 164
    • No. 6 in E flat, C. 165
• Gabriel Fauré
  • Impromptu, Op. 86 (1904)
  • Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110 (1918)
• Graham Fitkin
  • Skirting (2004)
  • Scent for Wire Harp (2007)
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks
  • Harp Sonata (1953)
• Félix Godefroid
  • Carnaval de Venise, Op.184
  • La danse des Sylphes
  • Etude de concert, Op. 193
  • Le coucou
  • La harpe éolienne
• Alphonse Hasselmans
  • Gitana, Op. 21
  • La Source, Op. 44
  • Three Préludes, Opp. 51–3
• Patrick Hawes
  • How Hill (2009)
• Paul Hindemith
  • Harp Sonata (1939)
• Alan Hovhaness
  • Nocturne (1935; rev. 1959)
  • Harp Sonata (1954)
  • Suite for Harp (1973)
• Bertold Hummel
  • Gregorian Fantasy for Harpe solo op. 97b (1994) ^[2]
• Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
  • Fantaisie Concertante in G for harp, piano and orchestra
• Karel Janovický
  • Sonata for Harp (2000)
• Francois Couture
  • Songes (2015)
  • La suite du printemps (2020)
  • Sonate auprès de la rivière (2021)
• Valeri Kikta
  • Ossian, suite for harp (1965)
  • Four poems of Osman (1969)
  • Two Pieces (1972)
  • Romantic Variations on a Theme by Lyudkevich (1978)
  • Sonata No. 1 Sonata Lamentosa (1980)
  • Sonata No. 2 Bylina Scales in E flat major (1982)
  • Fantasy on themes from P.I. Tchaikovsky's 'Pique Dame' (1982)
  • At the Smoldering Chimney, fantasy for harp (1983)
• Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
  • Harp Sonata, Op. 10 (c.1787)
  • Four Sonates non difficiles with optional violin or cello, Op. 12 (c.1787)
  • Four Sonates chantantes with optional violin, Op.16 (c1788), no.3 ed. in T-B
  • Recueil de douze préludes et petits airs, Op. 2 (c. 1776)
  • Duo for two harps, Op. 5 (c. 1777)
  • Recueil contenant différens petits airs variés, 1 sonata and 1 petit duo for two harps, Op. 10 (c. 1787)
• Théodore Labarre
  • Méthode complète pour le harpe (1844)
  • Fantaisies on operatic themes after Donizetti, Rossini and others
  • Numerous concert works
• Fabien Lévy
  • Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent
• Peter Machajdík
  • Nell'autunno del suo abbraccio insonne (2003) ^[3]
  • Flower full of Gardens ^[4] (2010)
  • Ulity ^[5] (2014)
  • Rivers Connect ^[6] (2019)
  • Benefits of Breathing ^[7] (2020)
• Fabio Mengozzi
  • Arabesque (2011)
  • Diario d'arpa (2011)
  • Poema della trasmigrazione (2012)
  • Romanza al cielo (2012)
  • Rosa (2012) ^[8]
  • Crux (2012) ^[9]
  • Novella (2013)
  • Moto fluttuante (2014)
  • Primavera, stormi frementi nel silenzio del tramonto (2021) ^[10]
  • Estate, luce di stelle nella notte (2021) ^[11]
  • Autunno, petali sopiti nel vento (2021) ^[12]
  • Inverno, neve cadente nel gelo dell'alba (2021) ^[13]
• Shai Cohen
  • Nuance for Harp and Live electronics (2011)
  • I saw a rainbow in a puddle for amplified Harp and live electronics (2019)
• Sergiu Natra
  • Sonatina
  • Prayer
  • A Book of Hebrew Songs
  • Ballade millenaire
  • Cantosonata (2011)
• Lior Navok
  • East of the Cane Fields
• Charles Oberthür
  • Reminiscences de Suisse, Op. 3
  • Souvenir de Genève, Op. 4
  • Souvenir de Londres. Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur un thême original, Op. 26
  • Souvenir de Boulogne. Nocturne, Op. 30
  • La Belle Emmeline. Impromptu, Op. 51
  • Trois Mélodies religieuses, Op. 52
  • Gems of German Songs. Twelve Recreations, Op. 61
  • Le Désir, Op. 65
  • Au bord de la mer. Nocturne, Op. 68
  • Bel chiaro di luna. Impromptu, Op. 91
  • La Sylphide. Morceau caractéristique, Op. 150
  • Seaside Rambles. Four Musical Sketches, Op. 158
  • Le Réveil des elfes. Morceau caractéristique, Op. 181
  • A Fairy Legend, Op. 182
  • Erin, oh! Erin! Mélodie irlandaise favorite, Op. 183
  • Conte de fées. Caprice, Op. 301
  • Le Papillon. Caprice, Op. 317
• Henri O'Kelly
  • Prélude pour harpe chromatique (1900)
  • Rêverie pastorale (1900)
• Francesco Petrini
  • Sonatas for harp (violin ad lib)
    • 6 as Op. 1 (1769)
    • 6 as Op. 3
    • 2 as Op. 4
    • Third book, Op. 9
    • Fourth Book, Op. 10 (c.1780)
    • 1 as Op. 39
    • 4 as Op. 40 (1801)
  • Airs with variations
    • First collection, Op. 2 (1774)
    • Second collection, Op. 8 (1774)
    • Seventh collection, Op. 15 (1779)
    • Op. 16 (1779)
    • Op. 17 (c. 1780–5)
  • Airs, ouvertures, sonata movements, published in Delamanière at Delaplanque (c.1790)
  • Variations on 'Le Réveil du peuple de Gaveaux', 'Vive Henri IV', 'Bataille du Wagram', etc. published separately
• Gabriel Pierné
  • Impromptu-caprice, Op. 9 (1885)
• Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean
  • Improvisation (2003)
  • The Turtle's Castle (2003)
  • Four Compositions for Harp on Haiku Poetry (2003)
  • Suite of 8 Dances: Laendler, Tango, Fandango, Horo, Kazachok, Arabian dance, Pavane (2004)
  • Fantasy on Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata' (2005)
  • Two Haiku Pieces on Basho (2006)
  • The Mystic Trumpeter (2006)
  • Five Haiku Pieces 'Solo Honkadorae Renga' (2006)
• Henriette Renié
  • Contemplation (1902)
  • Concerto pour harpe et orchestre (in C minor) (1901)
  • Légende d'après 'Les Elfes' de Leconte de Lisle
  • Six Pièces (Conte de Noël, Recueillement, Air de danse, Invention dans le Style ancien, Rêverie, Gavotte)
  • Contemplation
  • Danse des lutins
  • Feuillets d'album (Esquisse, Danse d'autrefois, Angelus)
  • Pièce symphonique en trois episodes
  • Promenade matinale, deux pièces pour Harpe
  • Deux pièces symphoniques (Élégie, Danse caprice)
  • Ballade fantastique d'après 'Le Cœur révélateur' d'Edgar Poë)
  • 2e Ballade pour harpe
  • Andante Religioso
• Marcel Grandjany
  • Rhapsodie pour la harpe(1922 or earlier)
• Joaquín Rodrigo
  • Impromptu (1959)
• Nino Rota
  • Sarabanda e Toccata
  • Sonata
• Albert Roussel
  • Impromptu, Op. 21 (1919)
• John Rutter
  • Many choral hymns and anthems with harp accompaniment, w/w/o orchestral accompaniment
• Kaija Saariaho
  • Fall (Maa)
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Fantaisie, Op. 95
• Salvatore Sciarrino
  • Addio a Trachis
• Leon Schidlowsky
  • Five Pieces for Harp
• Michael Seltenreich
  • Inertia for Harp
• Dave Smith
  • A propos de rien (1999)
• Juan María Solare
  • White horse falling asleep (2012)
  • Progressive Empathy (2022)
• Louis Spohr
  • Fantasia in C minor, Op. 35 (1807)
  • Variations on Méhul's 'Je suis encore dans mon printemps', Op. 36 (1807)
  • Variations in E, WoO 29 (1808), lost
• Germaine Tailleferre
  • Le Petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu
  • Sonate
  • Sonata alla Scarlatti
• Josef Tal
  • Intrada (1959)
  • Structure (1961)
  • Concerto for harp & electronic music (1971/1980)
  • Dispute (1989)
• Marcel Tournier
  • Berceuse
  • Berceuse Russe, Op. 40
  • Ce que chante la pluie d'automne, Op. 49
  • Deux Petites pièces
  • Deuxième Sonatine, Op. 45
  • Encore une Bôite à Musique, Op. 43
  • Étude de concert (Au matin)
  • Féerie
  • Fresque Marine, Op. 46
  • Images, Op. 29 Suite 1
  • Images, Op. 31 Suite 2
  • Images, Op. 35 Suite 3
  • Images, Op. 39 Suite 4
  • Jazz Band, Op. 33
  • Pièces nègres, Op. 41
  • Quatre Préludes, Op. 16
  • Six Noëls, Op. 32
  • Sonatine, Op. 30
  • Thème et variations
  • Vers la source dans le bois

• Anthony Sidney
  • Harp Prelude No.1
  • Harp Prelude No.2
  • Harp Prelude No.3

Two or more harps

• Gilad Cohen
  • Trailheads, for two harps (2023)
• Alan Hovhaness
  • Island of the Mysterious Bells (4 harps)
• Peter Machajdík
  • Whilst You Dreamt (2003) ^[14]
• Fabio Mengozzi
  • Symbolon (two harps)
• Francesco Petrini
  • Duo for two harps (or harp and piano), Op. 7 (1773?)
  • Duo for two harps (violin, basso continuo, ad lib), Op. 31
• Timothy Salter
  • Three Intermezzi (two harps)

Carlos Salzedo

• Pentangle (two harps)
• Juan María Solare
  • Plenitude in rotation (four harps) (2012)

Karlheinz Stockhausen

• • Freude (Joy), for two harps ( Klang: zweite Stunde, 2005)
• John Thomas
  • Scenes of Childhood, for 2 harps (1863)
  • Cambria, for 2 harps (1863)
• Marcel Tournier
  • Quatre Préludes, Op. 16 (2 harps)
• Sergiu Natra
  • Sonata for Four Harps
• Leon Schidlowsky
  • Duetto

Chamber works

• William Alwyn
  • Suite for Oboe and Harp (1944)
• Stefan Beyer
  • Die schreien Salz, for bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, harp, violin, and violoncello (2008/2009)
• François-Adrien Boieldieu
  • Duos for harp and piano
    • No. 1 (1796)
    • No. 2 (1796)
    • No. 3 (c.1800), lost
  • Air and nine variations for harp and piano (1803), lost
• Jeremy Beck
  • Ghosts for flute and harp (1985)
  • Sonata for flute, violin, cello and harp (1986)
  • Songs Without Words for flute and harp (1998)
• Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Sonata for flute and harp
• Howard J. Buss
  • Alpine Spring for flute and harp (2008)
  • Inner Quest for flute and harp (2011)
  • Saint Francis and the Animals for flute, clarinet and harp (2013)
  • Seaside Reflections for flute and harp (1993)
  • Seaside Reflections for oboe and harp (1993)
  • Seaside Reflections for clarinet and harp (2011)
  • Zoom for bass trombone (or tuba) and harp (2011)
• Garrett Byrnes; (b. 1971); Garrett Byrnes website
  • Moon Songs for soprano and harp (2011)
  • Villanelle for violin and harp (2006)
• Elliott Carter
  • Trilogy for oboe and harp (1992)
  • Luimen for trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, mandolin, guitar, and harp (1997)
  • Mosaic for flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), harp, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (2004)
  • Trije glasbeniki for flute, bass clarinet, and harp (2011)
• Jeremy Cavaterra
  • Trio for Harp, Flute, and Viola (2012)
  • Capriccio Concertante for clarinet, string quartet, bass, and harp (2017)
• Julian Cochran
  • Artemis for violin, cor anglais and harp
• Gilad Cohen
  • Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (2010) ^[15]
  • Firefly Elegy for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and harp (2017) ^[16]
• Francois Couture
  • La suite foraine for Flute, viola and Harp (2015)
  • La suite au chalet for Oboe and Harp (2019)
  • La suite de la table d'hôte for Violin and Harp (2021)
  • Sonate aux arômes boisés for Viola and Harp (2021)
  • Sonate aux champs for Viola and Harp (2021)
• Jean-Michel Damase
  • Trio for flute, cello and harp (1947)
  • Trio for flute, viola and harp (1947)
  • Quintet for flute, harp and string trio, Op. 2 (1948)
  • Sonata for clarinet and harp (1984)
  • Second Sonata for flute and harp
  • Adage for trumpet and harp
• Claude Debussy
  • Music for Chansons de Bilitis for two flutes, two harps, and celesta, L. 96 (1900-1)
  • Danses sacrée et profane for harp and string quintet, L. 103 (1904)
  • Sonata for harp, flute, and viola, L. 137 (1915)
  • Trio Sonata for flute, viola, and harp (2012)
• Joël-François Durand
  • Le Tombeau de Rameau for flute, viola and harp (2008)
• Jan Ladislav Dussek
  • Duo in F for harp and piano, C. 63 (c.1789)
  • Duetto in F for harp and piano, C. 102 (1794)
  • Two pieces for harp, violin, and cello (1797)
    • No. 1 in E flat, C. 147
    • No. 2 in B flat, C. 148
  • Duet in E flat for harp and piano, C. 170 (1799)
  • Two Duettinos for harp and piano (c.1802)
    • No. 1 in C, C. 189
    • No. 2 in F, C. 190
  • Three Duos concertants for harp and piano
  • No. 1 in B flat, C. 234 (1810)
  • No. 2 in E flat, C. 239 (1811)
  • No. 3 in F, C. 243 (1811)
• Vladimír Godár
  • Barcarolle, for violin (or cello), strings, harp and harpsichord (1993/1995)
  • La Canzona refrigerativa dell arpa di Davide (David's Refreshing Harp Song), for cello & harp (1999)
• Sofia Gubaidulina
  • Garden of Joy and Sorrow, for harp, flute and viola
• Lou Harrison
  • The Perilous Chapel, for harp, flute, cello and percussion (1948)
• Patrick Hawes
  • Earth Rise (2011) for harp and oboe
  • Reflexionem (2006) for harp and cello
• Gilad Hochman
  • Prayer without Words for soprano saxophone and Harp (2018)
• Arthur Honegger
  • Petite suite for flute, viola and harp
• Alan Hovhaness
  • The World Beneath the Sea
    • No. 1, for harp, alto saxophone, vibraphone, timpani and gong (1954)
    • No. 2, for harp, clarinet, timpani bells (chimes or glockenspiel), and double bass (1963)
  • Koke no Niwa, for English horn (or B flat clarinet), 2 percussion and harp (1954; rev. 1960)
  • The Garden of Adonis, for flute and harp (or piano) (1971)
  • Firdausi, for clarinet, harp and percussion (1972)
  • Spirit of Tress, for harp and guitar (1983)
  • Starry Night, for flute, xylophone and harp
  • Sonata for flute and harp (1987)
  • Sno Qualmie, for harp, clarinet, timpani, chimes, and double bass
• Bertold Hummel
  • Duo concertante for Harp and Violoncello Op.33 (1968) ^[17]
• Airat Ichmouratov
  • Trio for Harp, Viola and Flute "Fujin's Dream" Op.58 (2018)
• Nigel Keay
  • Terrestrial Mirror for flute, viola & harp (2005)
• Valeri Kikta
  • Antique Visions for clarinet and harp (1977)
  • Sonata for violin and harp (1998)
• Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
  • 6 harp sonatas with violin, Op. 1 (c.1775)
  • 4 harp sonatas with violin, double bass, and two horns, Op. 3 (c.1776)
  • 6 harp sonatas, Op. 8 (c. 1780), nos. 1–5 with violin or flute
  • Collection de pièces de différens genres distribuées en 6 sonates with piano, Opp. 13–14 (c.1788)
  • 4 Sonates en forme de scènes de différens caractères with piano, Op. 15 (c.1788)
  • 3 Sonates … dont la 1er en forme de scène with violin, Op. 17 (c.1789)
  • 2 Sonates en forme de scènes with piano, Op. 18 (c.1789)
  • Andante for harp and violin, Op. 19 (c.1789)
• Théodore Labarre
  • Duos for harp and horn
  • Trios for harp, horn, and bassoon, Op. 6
  • Grand duo du couronnement for harp and piano, Op. 104 (1841)
  • Numerous salon pieces for harp and piano
  • Romance for violin and harp
• Lowell Liebermann
  • Sonata for flute and harp, Op. 56 (1996)
• Raymond Luedeke
  • The Moon in the Labyrinth for harp and string quartet (or string orch.) ^[18]
  • The Lyre of Orpheus for harp and string quartet (or for harp duo) ^[19]
  • Fairy Tales for harp and flute (also piccolo)
  • Five Pieces for harp, flute, and cello ^[20]
  • Aurora for flute and harp ^[21]
• Bohuslav Martinů
  • Musique de Chambre No. 1 (clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano)
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • The Evening Bell in B flat for harp and piano MWV Q 20 (1829)
• Fabio Mengozzi
  • Phoenix (violin and harp)
  • Ousia (harp and piano)
  • Ousia II (flute, cello, harp, piano)
  • Auriga (harp and piano)
• Sergiu Natra
  • Music For Violin and Harp
  • Music For Harp and Three Brass Instruments (trumpet, trombone, & French horn)
  • Music for Nicanor (harp, flute, clarinet & string quartet)
  • Commentaires sentimentaux (flute, viola and harp)
  • Two Sacred Songs (soprano, violin, cello, harp & organ)
  • Ancient Walls (trombone & harp)
  • Ancient Walls (horn & harp)
  • Trio in One Movement nr. 2 (2 French horns & harp)
  • Deux poemes (voice & harp)
  • Sonata for Harp and String Quartet
  • Divertimento for Harp and String Quartet with D.B.
  • Divertimento for Harp and String Quartet without D.B.
  • Divertimento for Harp and String Orch.
• Lior Navok
  • Al Mishkavi Baleylot, for soprano and harp
  • Quartet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp
  • Veiled Echoes, for flute, viola and harp
  • Seven Haiku, for flute (or alto flute) and harp
• Charles Oberthür
  • Souvenir à Schwalbach, Op. 42 for horn and harp
  • Mon séjour à Darmstadt, Op. 90 for horn and harp
  • Trio, Op. 139 for violin, cello, harp
  • Trio, Op. 162 for violin, cello, harp (1867)
  • Orpheus, Op. 253 for harp and piano
  • Sweet Dreams, Op. 300 for clarinet and piano
• Elias Parish Alvars
  • Grande fantaisie brillante for harp and piano (1838), based on themes from Anna Bolena , La sonnambula and Lucia di Lammermoor , composed with Carl Czerny
• Francesco Petrini
  • Airs with variations
    • Third collection (1774) for harp, violin, and oboe
    • Fourth and fifth collections, Opp. 12–13 (c. 1778) for harp, violin, and oboe
    • Sixth collection, Op. 14 (1778) for harp, bassoon, and cello
  • 3 preludes for harp and basso continuo
• Maurice Ravel
  • Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet (1905)
• Albert Roussel
  • Sérénade for flute, string trio, and harp, Op. 30 (1925)
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Fantasie for violin and harp, Op. 124
• Timothy Salter
  • Mosaics for flute/picolo, viola and harp
• Carlos Salzedo
  • The Enchanted Isle (1918)
  • Harp Concerto No. 1 (1926)
  • Harp Concerto No. 2 (1953)
• Anthony Sidney
  • Florence Concert, for Harp and Orchestra (2004)
  • Sonata for Harp and Guitar (2014)
  • Sketchbook of a Journey, for Harp and Guitar (2014)
  • Chiaroscuro, for Harp, Viola and Guitar (2018)
  • Lavender and Mulberry Sonatina, for Harp and Guitar (2018)
  • Concert of the Seas, for Harp, Guitar and Orchestra (2018)
  • Sonata No.2 for Harp and Guitar (2021)
  • Sonata for Harp, Flute and Bassoon (2023)
• Leo Smit
  • Trio pour Flute, Alto et harpe
• Dave Soldier
  • Dean Swift's Satyrs for the Very Very Young for harp, viola, flute and voice (2011)
• Louis Spohr – in many of these works, the harp was to be tuned down a semitone and the music written a semitone higher
  • Sonatas for harp and violin
    • No. 1 in C minor, WoO 23 (1805)
    • No. 2 in B flat, Op. 16 (1806)
    • No. 3 in E minor/F minor, WoO 27 (c.1806)
    • No. 4 in D/E flat, Op. 113 (1806)
    • No. 5 in D/E flat, Op. 114 (1811)
    • No. 6 in G/A flat, Op. 115 (1809)
    • No. 7 in G/A flat, WoO 36 (1819), lost
  • Sonata movement for harp and violin in G, WoO 24 (1805), incomplete
  • Introduction in G for harp and violin, WoO 25 (1805)
  • Trio in E minor/F minor for violin, cello, and harp, WoO 28 (1806)
  • Rondo in E minor/F minor for violin, cello, and harp, WoO 33 (1813), lost
  • Fantasia on Themes by Handel and Vogler in B minor/C minor–A/B flat, Op. 118 (1814)
• Igor Stravinsky
  • Epitaphium for flute, clarinet, and harp (1959)
• Toru Takemitsu
  • Eucalypts II, for flute, oboe and harp (1971)
  • "Rain Spell", for piano, harp, vibrafone, clarinet and flute (1980)
  • Toward the Sea III, for alto flute and harp (1989)
  • And then I knew 'twas Wind, for flute, viola and harp (1992)
• Josef Tal
  • Lament, for violoncello & harp (1947)
  • Hora, for violoncello & harp (1949)
  • Duo for trombone & harp (1989)
• Marcel Tournier
  • Nocturne (cello, harp and organ)
  • La Lettre du jardinier (high voice and harp)
  • Deux préludes romantiques Op. 17 (violin and harp)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Sextuor mystique, for flute, oboe, alto saxophone, harp, guitar and celesta (1917)
  • Quatuor, for flute, alto saxophone, harp, celesta and women's voices (1921)
  • Nonetto, for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, harp, piano, celesta, percussion and mixed choir (1923)
  • Quintette instrumental, for flute, harp and string trio (1953)

Concertante works

Concertos

See also: harp concerto

• Mark Adamo
  • Four Angels: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (2007)
• Kalevi Aho
  • Mearra, chamber concerto for harp and 13 strings (2016)
• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
  • 4 harp concertinos (1772)
  • Harp Concerto (1773) ^[22]
• Elias Parish Alvars
  • Three concertos
  • Two concertinos, one for solo harp, one for two harps
• William Alwyn
  • Lyra Angelica, concerto for harp and string orchestra (1954) ^[23]
• Henk Badings
  • Harp Concerto (1967) ^[24]
• Nicolas-Charles Bochsa
  • Concerto militar
  • Concerto pour harpe et orchestre No. 1 en ré mineur, Op. 15 ^[25]
• François-Adrien Boieldieu
  • Harp Concerto in C Major (1801) ^[26]
• Ann Carr-Boyd
  • Fantasy for Harp and Orchestra (1996)
• Gilad Cohen
  • Saucerful of Memories: Concerto for harp, string orchestra, and French horn obbligato (2023)
• Paul Constantinescu
  • Harp Concerto ^[27]
• Barry Conyngham
  • Cloudlines: Concerto for harp and orchestra (1990)
• Henry Cowell
  • Harp Concerto, L. 947 (1965)
• Jean-Michel Damase
  • Ballade pour harpe et orchestre à cordes
  • Concertino pour harpe et instruments à cordes
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
  • Concerto for Harp ^[28]
• Ernő Dohnányi
  • Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra (1952) ^[29]
• Jan Ladislav Dussek
  • Harp Concerto in E flat, C. 53/265 (1789)
  • Harp Concerto in F, C. 78/266 (1792)
  • Harp Concerto in C, C. 129/267 (1795)
  • The Favourite Concerto in F, C. 158 (1798?)
  • Harp Concerto in B flat, C. 264 (1813), lost
• Ernst Eichner
  • Harp Concerto in C (1769)
  • Harp Concerto in D (1771?)
• Alberto Ginastera
  • Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1956) ^[30]
• Reinhold Glière
  • Harp Concerto in E flat, Op. 74 (1938) ^[31]
• Radamés Gnattali
  • Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1957) ^[32]
• George Frideric Handel
  • Concerto in B-flat major for harp and orchestra, Op. 4, No. 6, HWV 294 (1738)
• Patrick Hawes
  • Highgrove Suite for harp and string orchestra ^[33]
• Jennifer Higdon
  • Harp Concerto (2018)
• Alun Hoddinott
  • Harp Concerto, Op. 11 (1957)
• Karl Jenkins
  • Over the Stone, a concerto for two harps (2008)
• André Jolivet
  • Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra (1952)
• Joseph Jongen
  • Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op.129 (1944) ^[34]
• Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
  • Harp Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 4 (c. 1777)
  • Harp Concertos Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 6 (c. 1777)
  • Harp Concerto No. 5, Op. 7 (c. 1778)
  • Harp Concerto No. 6, Op. 9 (c. 1785)
• William Lovelock
  • Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1981)
• William Mathias
  • Harp Concerto, Op. 50 (1970)
• Marjan Mozetich
  • Concerto for Two Harps and Orchestra, The Passion of Angels (1995 )
• Darius Milhaud
  • Harp Concerto, Op. 323 (1953)
• Sergiu Natra
  • Divertimento for Harp (solo) and String Orch.
• Charles Oberthür
  • Harp Concertino, Op. 175 (c.1863)
• Giovanni Paisiello
  • Harp Concerto in A major ^[35]
• Francesco Petrini
  • Two harp concertos arranged from works by "Mr. Bach" and "Mr. J.-B. Davaux", Op. 18 (c.1782)
  • Harp Concerto No. 1, Op. 25 (1786)
  • Harp Concerto No. 3, Op. 27 (1793)
  • Harp Concerto No. 4 in B flat, Op. 29 (1793)
• Gabriel Pierné
  • • • Konzertstück, Op.39 (1901) ^[36]
• Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Harp Concerto (2000) ^[37]
• Henriette Renié
  • Harp Concerto (1901) ^[38]
• Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
  • Harp Concerto in E Minor, Opus 182 (1884) ^[39]
• Joaquín Rodrigo
  • Concierto serenata (1952)
• Nino Rota
  • Harp Concerto (1947)
• R. Murray Schafer
  • Harp Concerto (1987)
• Leo Smit
  • Concertino pour harpe et orchestre (1933)
• Leo Sowerby
  • Concerto for Harp and Small Orchestra, H. 123 (1916/1919) ^[40]
• John Thomas
  • Two harp concertos, including the Concerto in E flat, the only work by a Welsh composer to be performed (1852) during the first hundred years of the history of the Royal Philharmonic Society
• Germaine Tailleferre
  • Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1927) ^[41]
• Boris Tishchenko
  • Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 69 (1977) ^[42]
• Geirr Tveitt
  • Harp Concerto No. 1 (Lost)
  • Harp Concerto No. 2 "Concerto Eroico" op.170 (1957) ^[43]
• Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Harp Concerto (1953)
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil
  • Concerto for Harp and strings in F, WWV 281 (1761)
• John Williams
  • On Willows and Birches (2009)
• Mario Zafred
  • Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1956?)
• Anthony Sidney
  • Florence Concert, for Harp and Orchestra (2004)
  • Concert of the Seas, for Harp, Guitar and Orchestra (2018)

Other concertante works

• Luciano Berio
  • Chemins I on Sequenza II (1964)
• Garrett Byrnes (b. 1971)
  • Capriccio Tempestoso (2010)
• André Caplet
  • Légende (1908) after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," revised as Conte fantastique for harp and string quartet (1922-3)
• Don Gillis
  • Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra (1946) ^[44]
• Valeri Kikta
  • Frescos of the St. Sofia Cathedral of Kiev for harp and orchestra (1974)
  • Scottish Suite on Scottish Themes from 16th – 18th centuries for two harps and orchestra (2000)
• Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
  • Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 for harp and orchestra, Op. 11 (1787)
• Théodore Labarre
  • Fantaisie, Op. 101 (1841)
• Charles Oberthür
  • Macbeth Overture, Op. 60 (1852)
  • Loreley, legend, Op. 180
• Gabriel Pierné
  • Concertstück, Op. 39 (1903)
• Walter Piston
  • Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra (1963)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Ballade for harp and strings (1973/1981)
• Ferdinand Ries
  • Overture Bardique [concertante] for 6 harps (in 2 parts) and orchestra WoO 24 (1815)
• Joaquín Rodrigo
  • Sones en la Giralda (1963)
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Morceau de concert in G, Op. 154 (1918)
• Arnold Schoenberg
  • Notturno for Strings and Harp (1895–96)
• Toru Takemitsu
  • Toward the Sea II, for alto flute, harp and string orchestra II (1981)

Concertos with other solo instruments

• William Alwyn
  • Concerto for Oboe, harp and strings (1944)
• Kalevi Aho
  • Concerto for Cor anglais, Harp and Orchestra (2014)
• Henry Cowell
  • Duo concertante for flute, harp, and orchestra, L. 894 (1961)
• Hans Werner Henze
  • Doppio Concerto for oboe, harp & strings (1966)
• Paul Hindemith
  • Konzertmusik for brass, harp, and piano, Op. 49 (1930)
  • Concerto for woodwinds, harp, and orchestra (1949)
• Anna Jalkéus
  • Concerto for jazz voice, harp and orchestra "The Rise of Estrogenia" (2017) ^[45]
• Lowell Liebermann
  • Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, Op.48 (1995)
• Frank Martin
  • Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra, op.54 (1944)
• Fabio Mengozzi
  • Auriga II (piano, harp and string orchestra)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Concerto for flute and harp in C, K. 299 (1778) ^[46]
• Louis Spohr
  • Concertante for violin and harp in G, WoO 13 (1806)
  • Concertante for violin and harp in E minor, WoO 14 (1807)

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Compiled from the Works Lists of the composers in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001). Australian Music Centre Catalogue www.amcoz.org