[Harp-L] Re: Harp songs for a Funeral

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great job TB!
I have a sax quartet arrangement that I would love to do with 4 harps. 
Baritone part is always a problem tho.

The Hitchcock angle makes it a bit macabre for a real funeral!

Michael Peloquin
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> From: Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>
>
> Michael Peloquin wrote:
> how about Funeral March for a Marionette
>
> OK- who knows what this tune is? (without Google!)
> =--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> Great call, Michael!  That's the Theme From The Alfred Hitchcock Show! (and 
> nope, I didn't have to Google it... I just got ahold of some guitar 
> tablature for a classical guitar arrangement of it, and am working it out 
> now as we speak!)
>
> According to the guitar tab (right in front of me as I type,) it was 
> written by one Charles Gounod (1818-1893.) For you guitarists out there, 
> it's in Dropped-D tuning. Great tune -- never thought about a harp 
> arrangement of it, tho...
>
> cheers,
> TBall