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Gotham Harp Publishing

A harp music publishing company featuring quality transcriptions of early music and original works by contemporary composers.

Founded by Laura Sherman in 2012, GHP is dedicated to enlarging the solo harp's repertoire with high-quality transcriptions of early music and original new works by contemporary composers. Based in scholarly research, with clear and practical markings, the editions are ideal for intermediate to advanced pedal harpists, students and teachers. Current offerings include music by J.S. Bach, Rameau, Ha

ndel and contemporary composers Zito, Burtonwood and Mandelbaum. Unique felt glissando picks are also featured. Visit www.miamiharp.com for more information.

01/21/2026

We keep growing! 🪉🎶 If you are looking for quality transcriptions of early music for the harp or brand new solo harp compositions, we invite you to take a look at our catalogue.

Lots of Bach plus Handel, Rameau, Fischer, Paradies, Giustini, Galuppi, Lulli and Zipoli for the early works and new pieces by Mason, Mandelbaum, Burtonwood and Zito.

Details at https://www.busytuning.com/category/all-products

11/16/2024

I'm so excited that 's music and glissando picks are making their way around the world! 🌏

Here are some of the countries we've shipped to recently: Finland, Japan, Canada, Australia (including Tasmania!), Sweden, England, Switzerland, Germany, and many of the states in the US.

I'm also excited that four of my editions are on the 2025 American Harp Society's National Competition and the 2025 USA International Harp Competition's repertoire list. Good luck to all of the participants! 🎶

For quality transcriptions of early music (Bach, Rameau, Handel and more), new works for solo harp, and our famous felt glissando picks, we invite you to check out our online store:

www.busytuning.com/category/all-products

10/29/2024

Thank you Sioned Williams for this positive review of my latest Bach collection: "Bach for All Harpists: Six graded pieces for beginner to advanced" in the latest issue of the United Kingdom Harp Association magazine.

Here are a few excerpts:
“In Laura Sherman’s work, we need only look to scholarship and research for an end result of a thoroughly playable body of music by J.S. Bach…

By taking each strand of the compositional whole of Bach’s music into consideration, the works have been suitably transcribed so that not only harpists with an enviable degree of technical refinement can play them, but players of differing abilities can also enjoy these Bach pieces…

Please do take a look at Laura’s website www.busytuning.com for an insight into the life of a multi-talented harpist who has embraced music at its best in so many guises.”

08/08/2024

In my other element 🎶 : performing the world premier of Charles Norman Mason - Composer's "Biscayne Bay" movement from his "Coconut Grove Suite" for solo harp and soundscape at the American Harp Society's 45th National Conference in Orlando, Florida on June 17, 2024. Video coming soon!

Score for the "Biscayne Bay" movement: https://www.busytuning.com/product-page/coconut-grove-suite-biscayne-bay-for-solo-harp-and-soundscape

Score for the 4-movement suite: https://www.busytuning.com/product-page/coconut-grove-suite-for-solo-harp-soundscapes-by-charles-norman-mason

Gotham Harp Publishing

08/01/2024

New transcription, new composer! Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer's Chaconne in A Minor for intermediate pedal harp.

JFK Fischer (1656-1746) was considered by J.S. Bach’s biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749-1818) to be one of the best composers for keyboard music during the Baroque period. But because many of his compositions did not survive, Fischer is not as well-known as the younger J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Fischer was responsible for bringing the French Baroque style to Germany and also made innovations to the Baroque keyboard and orchestra suite forms. Bach and Handel were familiar with his music and borrowed from it, as was common practice at the time.

First up is his gorgeous Chaconne in A Minor which is the penultimate movement of the “Melpomene” suite in his nine-suite collection for keyboard, Musicalischer Parnassus. The Chaconne is great for the intermediate-level harpist and is perfect for recitals. The expressive harmonic progression and stepwise bass line beautifully support the moving melodic variations in the top voice. And the fluid keyboard writing works beautifully on the harp. (Video coming soon!)

I hope you enjoy this new transcription for pedal harp. Let me know what you think!

Print edition from Gotham Harp Publishing: https://www.busytuning.com/product-page/chaconne-in-a-minor

PDF version from Harp Column Music:
https://harpcolumn.com/music/all-music/artists/laura-sherman/chaconne-in-a-minor/

Gotham Harp Publishing

07/30/2024

Bach's five "Lute Suites" are now instantly available on Harp Column Music! 🎶

https://harpcolumn.com/music/?s=Sherman+lute&post_type=product

No more waiting for the post to play these gorgeous gems on the pedal harp. My critical performance editions also include extensive notes about Baroque style and ornamentation.

Bach's Lute Suites were included in the American Harp Society's 2023 competition repertoire and are excellent additions to any recital program. Feel free to reach out if you have questions or are interested in an online lesson.

Not sure which one to start with? 🤔 Here's a quick intro to each:

BWV 995: Based on Bach’s version for cello, this piece is less contrapuntal than his other suites and has a wide variety of styles in the movements. An excellent intro into Bach's lute suites.

BWV 996: This work features a challenging opening movement, along with several lyrical dance movements including the famous “Bourée.”

BWV 997: With its rare da-capo fugue, glorious sarabande, and two versions of the concluding double movement (in different registers), this work is richly rewarding.

BWV 998: Another good one to start with because of the arpeggiated prelude and grand da capo fugue. The last movement is thrilling to play as well.

BWV 1006a (two versions transposed to Eb Major and Db Major): Perhaps the most well-known of the Bach’s lute suites, it has a sonorous opening movement and numerous, distinctive dance movements. This edition has been transposed to both Db major (to allow more resonance on the harp) and Eb Major (for those wanting to stay closer to the original key of E Major.)

05/15/2024

NEW EDITION! Another critical performance edition of Baroque keyboard music for harp by Susan Jolles! This time by two Italian Baroque composers: Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785) & Giovanni Battista Lulli (1633-1687).

Susan's previous harp transcriptions of Baroque keyboard music include pieces by Handel, Rameau, Zipoli and Giustini. All work beautifully on the harp and include editor's notes and information about style and ornamentation.

For more information, please visit: https://www.busytuning.com/product-page/galuppi-lulli-for-harp

Susan Jolles

05/06/2024

Gotham Harp Publishing keeps growing! 🎉 Here's our latest catalogue of early music transcriptions and new works for solo harp.

We welcome, and congratulate, our collaborators: Victoria Drake, Susan Jolles, Charles Norman Mason, Torrie Zito, Stephen Burtonwood and Joel Mandelbaum!

For more information or to place an order, please visit https://www.busytuning.com/category/all-products

05/04/2024

Getting ready for the American Harp Society's 45th National Conference where all of Gotham Harp Publishings editions will be available at the Artist Sales Table. Detailed catalogue coming soon! 🎶

Who else is going? Twice postponed and better than ever; it's going to be an amazing conference!

American Harp Society's 45th National Conference
June 16-19, 2024, Orlando, Florida
https://www.harpsociety.org/national-conference

American Harp Society, Inc. Laura Sherman

12/23/2023

The 10th anniversary edition of Laura Sherman’s collection of Preludes & Fugues from J.S. Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier”!

If you send us a recording of the last 3 lines of the piece, played flawlessly (on the harp) ☺️ and at quarter note = c. 65, you will receive 10% off of the $30 purchase price.

The collection can be found here:

https://www.busytuning.com/product-page/j-s-bach-well-tempered-clavier-selected-preludes-fugues

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