Riding Over the Mountain: Harp Music with Horses for a Tea Party

Riding Over the Mountain: Harp Music with Horses for a Tea Party

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Serene Tunes for Tea Time
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This work for harp was composed by Queen Victoria's harpist John Thomas. Though a pedal harpist, Thomas liked to include special effects characteristic of the Welsh Triple harp of his youth, including the lovely echo effect in the second variation.

Artwork:

Tethart Philip Christian Haag: Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina of Pruissia (1751-1820), Equestrian portrait of the Wife of Prince Willem V, 1789

Heywood Hardy: The Morning Ride Via Wikimedia Commons

Heywood Hardy: Duty 1880, Via Picryl

Aelbert Cuyp: Lady and Gentleman onHorseback c. 1655 via Wikimedia Commons

Wojciech Kossak : Zofia, Maria i Róża Tarnowskie podczas konnej przejażdżki na krakowskich Błoniach, 1925

Pieter Van Loon 1801-1873: Man en vrouw te paard in een landschap

Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret: Charro y Charra (1853)

Sebastiaan Vrancx(1773-1647): The Punished Robber

Jaques-Laurent Agasse 1767-1849:
Emma Powles on her Grey Hunter Accompanied by her Spaniel in a River Landscape
Via Wikimedia Commons

John Fredrick Herring: A Man Leading Horses Over a Hill. 1840’s via Pixabay

Gesina ter Borch - Man en gemaskerde vrouw te paard. 1660, via Picryl
Pedro Figari 1861-1938: Flores Silvestres. Via Wikimedia Commons
Various Artists: Painting of Reverend Robert Knopwood (1763-1838).Landscape by Frank Dunnett, male figure by TG Gregson, pony and dog by JW Graves junior, via Picryl.

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (after) : Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), on Horseback. Probably 18th Century Copy via wikimedia Commons.

Wilhelm Marstrand: A Woman from Dalecarlia Riding Barefooted on a White Horse. Ca. 1851 via Wikimedia Commons.

Winslow Homer: The Bridle Path, White Mountains. 1868 via Picryl.

Performance and video John Fredrick Herring: A Man Leading Horses Over a Hill. 1840’s via Pixabay

Gesina ter Borch - Man en gemaskerde vrouw te paard. 1660, via Picryl
Pedro Figari 1861-1938: Flores Silvestres. Via Wikimedia Commons
Various Artists: Painting of Reverend Robert Knopwood (1763-1838).Landscape by Frank Dunnett, male figure by TG Gregson, pony and dog by JW Graves junior, via Picryl.

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (after) : Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), on Horseback. Probably 18th Century Copy via wikimedia Commons.

Wilhelm Marstrand: A Woman from Dalecarlia Riding Barefooted on a White Horse. Ca. 1851 via Wikimedia Commons.

Winslow Homer: The Bridle Path, White Mountains. 1868 via Picryl.
Performance Recording John Fredrick Herring: A Man Leading Horses Over a Hill. 1840’s via Pixabay

Gesina ter Borch - Man en gemaskerde vrouw te paard. 1660, via Picryl
Pedro Figari 1861-1938: Flores Silvestres. Via Wikimedia Commons
Various Artists: Painting of Reverend Robert Knopwood (1763-1838).Landscape by Frank Dunnett, male figure by TG Gregson, pony and dog by JW Graves junior, via Picryl.

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (after) : Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619–1682), on Horseback. Probably 18th Century Copy via wikimedia Commons.

Wilhelm Marstrand: A Woman from Dalecarlia Riding Barefooted on a White Horse. Ca. 1851 via Wikimedia Commons.

Winslow Homer: The Bridle Path, White Mountains. 1868 via Picryl.
Audio Recording © 1999 Stephanie Osborne
Video © 2023 Stephanie Osborne