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Kathleen Blackwell-Plank
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2020
Kathleen Blackwell-Plank, the founder of Heartsease Harp Music, is a violinist, a player of the lever harp, therapeutic musician and prolific arranger of music for harp, voices and other instruments. 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 the style of various musical cultures. Through in-depth research she brings to light some less commonly heard folk tunes.
Butterfly Weed
During the pandemic Kathleen Blackwell-Plank found joy and solace in walks in nature and gardening. Her awareness of trees, birds and plants grew on her neighborhood strolls. The impact of climate change has become apparent even on the local level inspiring a desire to take steps personally to establish and nurture gardens that will attract and support pollinators, birds and wildlife. The commitment to biodiversity is now an inspiration for her original composition for pedal or lever harp, “Butterfly Weed: Asclepias.” This beautiful piece explores the many tone colors of the harp using techniques such as sons xylo, where fingers of the left-hand mute strings to create the sound of a xylophone or pincé where the string is pinched and pulled by the index finger and thumb. Près de la table (p.d.l.t.) or playing with the hand near the soundboard provides another voice for the melody. Images of nature and the movement of butterflies are suggested by the musical motifs utilized.
มุมมอง: 171
วีดีโอ
Sheep Under the Snow / Song of the Ploughboy
มุมมอง 352 หลายเดือนก่อน
Kathleen Blackwell-Plank has made an arrangement of two lovely Manx traditional tunes for lever or pedal harp. The Sheep Under the Snow has been described as one of the most beautiful Manx Airs. It is sad story of a farmer who lost many sheep under a great snow. Two different sets of lyrics have been gathered and translated by ethnomusicologists who labored to preserve the Manx musical traditio...
Pisgah Sleeps with Voice and Harp
มุมมอง 513 หลายเดือนก่อน
Pisgah Sleeps is an original composition by harpist and nature photographer, Kathleen Blackwell-Plank. This piece in Dorian mode is for lever or pedal harp with optional voice. The lyrics are inspired by her abiding love of the Pisgah National Forest of the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Jean Kadela is the vocalist who shares her talents on this version for harp and voice. This peacef...
Fern in the Hard Ground
มุมมอง 1054 หลายเดือนก่อน
Fern in the Hard Ground is an original composition for pedal or lever harp by Kathleen Blackwell-Plank. Always a nature lover, Kathleen found joy in gardening during the pandemic. Since that time, she has expanded her sun and shade gardens to attract birds and pollinators. This piece in E minor is in triple meter. The tune was inspired by digging in the hard red clay of the North Carolina piedm...
Steal Away
มุมมอง 1315 หลายเดือนก่อน
Steal Away was composed by Wallace Willis sometime before 1862. Willis was a slave who became a Choctaw freedman. Alexander Reid, a minister at a Choctaw boarding school, heard Willis sing the song and transcribed the words and melody. He then sent the music to the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Fish University was founded in 1865 after the Civil War to educate free...
Guide My Feet
มุมมอง 1196 หลายเดือนก่อน
Willis Laurence James graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1923 with a B. A. in Music. While teaching at Leland College in Baker, Louisiana he began his work as a folklorist collecting black folk songs along the Mississippi River. In 1933 he began his career at Spelman College in Atlanta. He received a General Education Board Grant which allowed him to continue his work colle...
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
มุมมอง 1056 หลายเดือนก่อน
Oppressed and enslaved Black people felt a special kinship with the Israelites of the Hebrew Scriptures. This song uses water as a simile to describe peace, joy and love. The text resonates with the message of Galatians 5:22 which identifies the first “fruit of the Spirit” as love, joy, and peace. Both the simple, meaningful text and its repetitive nature make it well suited as comforting music...
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
มุมมอง 1116 หลายเดือนก่อน
This Negro spiritual is a heart-felt lament comparing hopelessness to when a child is torn from its mother’s arms. The roots of this song are buried in the tragedy of the forced separation of families during slavery. The traditional tune first appeared in print in William Barton’s 1898 publication, Old Plantation Hymns. This tune is among those introduced to the world by the Fisk Jubilee Singer...
My Friends, Take Heed
มุมมอง 1137 หลายเดือนก่อน
This tune is a traditional Manx song collected by both Dr. John Clague and A. W. Moore. The informant is listed as Mrs. Henry Clague of Bellanorris. Dr. Clague lists the title in Manx as a carval, My chaarjyn gow jee tastey cair. Ruth Keggin Gell, the Manx Language Development Officer for Culture Vannin kindly translated the title. Kathleen Blackwell-Plank's arrangement is in G minor and hints ...
Shepherd, The Weather is Misty and Changing
มุมมอง 667 หลายเดือนก่อน
This traditional Manx tune was collected in 1893 by Dr. John Clague, a physician who carried a small staff notebook with him as he made his rounds seeing patients on the Isle of Man. In an effort to preserve the Manx musical culture, he would jot down the tunes he heard in his notebook. Shepherd, The Weather is Misty and Changing is in G minor and has gentle triple meter. Kathleen Blackwell-Pla...
The Prodigal Son
มุมมอง 617 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Prodigal Son is a traditional tune collected by Dr. John Clague physician and preserver of Manx traditional music. The melody was also gathered by A. W. Moore from Tho Cowell September 21, 1898. The plaintive melody is in Dorian mode. Kathleen Blackwell-Plank has arranged the piece for lever or pedal harp. This video weaves together the music with her detailed nature photography.
The Carol of Death and Eternity
มุมมอง 1327 หลายเดือนก่อน
Kathleen Blackwell-Plank, harpist and nature photographer has arranged this beautiful Manx tune in G minor for pedal or lever harp. The melody was found in the manuscript book of Dr. John Clague who collected tunes as the traveled the Isle of Man treating his patients in the late 19th century.
Toutouig: A Breton Lullaby
มุมมอง 29511 หลายเดือนก่อน
Toutouig is a Breton lullaby in A minor. The 6/8 meter creates a comforting rocking rhythm. The gently descending bassline carries one down to rest. In this video Kathleen Blackwell-Plank has combined her comforting harp arrangement with beautiful nature photos. This theme and variations establish an almost hypnotic effect as the tune repeats. The text of the first verse of the cradle song is p...
Pisgah Sleeps
มุมมอง 220ปีที่แล้ว
Pisgah Sleeps is an original composition by harpist and nature photographer, Kathleen Blackwell-Plank. This piece in Dorian mode is for lever or pedal harp with optional voice. The lyrics are inspired by her abiding love of the Pisgah National Forest of the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. This peaceful song is well suited for many settings including providing soothing therapeutic music...
There Was a Lady from the North
มุมมอง 185ปีที่แล้ว
Kathleen Blackwell-Plank has made an arrangement of this traditional Manx tune for harp. The music is coupled with the beautiful avian photography of Gail Gibson. In Dr. John Clague’s 1893 collection this tune is entitled There Was a Lady from the North. He gathered this song from T. Kermode. A. W. Moore titles the tune There was a Sailor form the North.
Farewell and Adieu to You Spanish Ladies
มุมมอง 139ปีที่แล้ว
Farewell and Adieu to You Spanish Ladies
The Dangers of the Sea (Kyndagh rish my dangeryn jeh'n keayr)
มุมมอง 97ปีที่แล้ว
The Dangers of the Sea (Kyndagh rish my dangeryn jeh'n keayr)
Praise God, My Friends (Molley gys Jee, my chaarjyn)
มุมมอง 135ปีที่แล้ว
Praise God, My Friends (Molley gys Jee, my chaarjyn)
Farewell, Little Katie, My Love (Bannaght Ihiat, Kirree Veg, My Graih)
มุมมอง 131ปีที่แล้ว
Farewell, Little Katie, My Love (Bannaght Ihiat, Kirree Veg, My Graih)
Canción de Cuna Nahuatl: Macochi Pitentzin (Sleep My Little Child)
มุมมอง 440ปีที่แล้ว
Canción de Cuna Nahuatl: Macochi Pitentzin (Sleep My Little Child)
Lovely 🌿💜
This is beautiful! thanks for uploading! 🖤🖤
Exceptionnal orchestration and interpretation. Vocal and instrumental. Unique creative style. So beautiful, sweet and smooth. Incredible musician with a lot of feeling. Much inspired and talented musical production. A real peaceful and relaxing pleasure to listen. Full of poetry and tenderness.Good for the mind and the ears. Big big big like for this magnificient perform and brighting sharing. Splendid and luminous.
Wonderful!
In English, what does "hanter" mean?
"Hanter-Dro" means about turn in French.
@@kathleenblackwell-plank Oh. I thought "an dro" meant turn in French. Is "hanter dro" more correct?
very soothing music
I love this! Really beautiful!
This is much appreciated. Beautiful video.
Beautiful! 💖
Beautifully sad piece………along with the complexity and fragility of the decorated eggs…….very timely! January 21, 2023
Nice
Nice clear sound and great pics!
Hello Kathleen, I bought a book used to belong to you if I am not wrong. From Berklee press by Suzanne Hanzer. Nice to listening what you have gathered with your vibe on the harp. Blessings from Venezuela
Very beautiful!