{"id":54,"date":"2011-05-04T23:40:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T06:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/product\/theme-from-first-symphony\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:18:05","slug":"theme-from-first-symphony","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/product\/theme-from-first-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme from First Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brahms began composing <em>Symphony No. 1<\/em> in 1854, but his work did not premiere until\u00a0 1876.\u00a0 The majestic theme of the fourth movement comes from a melody that Brahms heard from an Alpine shepherd.\u00a0 In this arrangement Harp 1 is played by a pedal harp, and introduces the famous melody.\u00a0 Also Harp 1 adds to the rich harmony with occasional chromatics.\u00a0 Harp 2 and Harp 3 can be played by lever harps as well as pedal harps, and there are no lever or pedal changes in either part.\u00a0 Also Harp 3 plays a counter melody to the famous theme, adding interest and enabling a strong, exciting ending.\u00a0 The performance time for <em>Theme from First Symphony<\/em> is four minutes,<\/p>\n<p>The arrangement comes with separate copies for First Harp, Second Harp, and Third Harp and an Ensemble Copy showing the three parts together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This well-known theme from the Fourth Movement of Johannes Brahms&#8217; <em>Symphony No. 1<\/em> is arranged by Shari Pack for one pedal harp and two lever harps together, or three pedal harps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":520,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[17,19],"product_tag":[38],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxharpmusic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}