Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
harp competitions, Paris conservatory, music
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Music
Abstract
The Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris has been a center for the world’s best musicians and composers since it was established centuries ago. It is the school’s tradition to hold a competition for each instrument every year. Every year a piece is chosen for the competition and students of that instrument compete. Many of the pieces selected in the past for the harp are now widely played and are part of the harp’s standard repertoire. Gabriel Faure’s Impromptu or Felix Godefroid’s La danse des sylphes are both constantly being played and recycled for other competitions. Other pieces written for the competition cannot be played now because they are not found in the publishing houses or the libraries.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Shelley Lynn and Day, David A.
(2013)
"Harp Competitions in the Paris Conservatory,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 2267.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2267