Heartsease Harp Music

There is a flower I wish to wear,    But not until first worn by youHearts-ease of all Earth's flowers most rare;     Bring it; and bring enough for two.
  Walter Savage Lander

Kathleen Blackwell-Plank, MSW, CTM-CCM the founder of Heartsease Harp Music, is a player of the lever harp, therapeutic musician, violinist, artist, and prolific arranger of music for harp, voices, and other instruments. She is certified through the Harp for Healing Program and has over twenty-three years’ experience in the hospice setting. Her creative music arranging has grown out of the need for simple, beautiful harp music for use in therapeutic and liturgical settings. However, her versatile arrangements offer pure enjoyment in any setting.

 She has a fascination with world music from a variety of cultures, countries, and time periods. Many pieces are grounded in traditional Western tonality, but others make use of modes, Middle Eastern scales, and pentatonic scales. Her arrangements highlight the beauty of the harp's tonal colors while remaining true to the style of various musical cultures. Through in-depth research she brings to light some less commonly heard folk tunes. Thumbnail sketches illuminate historical factors and enrich the musician's understanding of the pieces.

Blackwell-Plank’s downloadable digital sheet music includes twenty-six publications of 79 folk tunes from around the world. Publications are available through:

 Melody’s Traditional Music

 https://folkharp.com/?s=Kathleen+Blackwell-Plank&post_type=product&type_aws=true,

Sylvia Woods Harp Center

https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-music-books-kathleen-blackwell-plank and

Harp Column

 https://harpcolumn.com/music/all-music/categories/artists/kathleen-blackwell-plank/. 

 Each piece is beautifully arranged for late beginner/intermediate pedal or lever harp. Example video recordings of the harp arrangements are provided utilizing Blackwell-Plank’s nature photography and art at www.heartseasemusic.com or at www.YouTube@KathleenBlackwell-Plank.

•Armenian and Basque Lullabies

•Avian Airs and Carols

•Celtic Boat Songs

•Christmas Lullabies

•Drifting Waterferns, Floating Clouds

•The Duckling Swims: A Ukrainian Lament

•English Country Dances

•Five Sleep Songs for harp solo

•Four Japanese Lullabies

•Four Manx Lullabies

•Hanter Dro Suite

•Hymns from the Shape-note Tradition

•Love Songs from Around the World

•Luli Luli (Dovey, Dovey), a Ukrainian Lullaby

•Nativity Carols

•Scottish Love Songs and Laments

•Songs of the Heart: Hymns from the Great Awakenings

•Suo Gân for solo or trio

•Thai Lullaby for harp solo

•Thai Lullaby for harp trio

•Three Irish Folk Songs for harp solo

•Three Korean Folk Songs

•Three Scottish Lullabies

•Three Ukrainian Lullabies

•Manx Folk Songs for Harp for One Hand Alone

•Manx Music for Harp

•Pisgah Sleeps

•Toutouig: A Breton Lullaby

•Manx Medley

•Fern in the Hard Ground

•African American Spirituals

•Butterfly Weed