SOLO HARP
IT COULD BE YOU OR YOU OR YOU CHRISTOPHER MAYO
IT COULD BE YOU OR YOU OR YOU for solo harp (with optional amplification)
CHRISTOPHER MAYO
Christopher Mayo
‘It Could Be You Or You Or You’ is one of a collection of 200 solo pieces commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of the Royal Academy of Music in 2022.
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INSTRUMENTATION Solo Harp optionally amplified (with extreme amounts of reverb ad lib.)
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