Dance Of The Faeries: A Song History

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"Dance Of The Faeries" is one of the twelve pieces in Ellen Pratt's Ensemble Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 2, a 73-page book she published herself, where it is set as three dulcimer parts in DAD tuning.[1] The listing does not name a composer for the piece, and the sources consulted here do not show whether it is Pratt's own tune or an older melody she arranged.[1][2] Pratt dates her dulcimer composing to about 2004, and her ensemble writing grew out of membership in a dulcimer orchestra in northeastern Connecticut.[2] The sources consulted here say nothing about when the piece was written or what its title refers to.[1][2]

Small reddish-brown glass carving of two smiling robed figures, one holding a fruit-laden branch over its head.

Two fairies, aventurine glass, China, 18th century. Figures the museum calls fairies, shown in fun; they have no connection to the tune.

Our book that contains the song "Dance Of The Faeries"

Sources

  1. Ellen Pratt: "Ensemble Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 2".
  2. DulcimerDownloads: "Ellen Pratt".
  3. Image: Two fairies, aventurine glass, China, 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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