Findorouson Fanfare: A Song History

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"Findorouson Fanfare" is one of the pieces in Ellen Pratt's Ensemble Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 7, a book published by Ellen Pratt, where it is laid out in DAD tuning for four dulcimers: first and second parts, a third for standard or bass dulcimer, and a fourth.[1] Pratt's DulcimerDownloads biography says she began composing for the dulcimer around 2004 and took up ensemble writing and arranging after joining a dulcimer orchestra in northeastern Connecticut.[2] The DulcimerDownloads listing says the volume holds "traditional and classical tunes, with some original melodies," and Pratt's own store page calls it "Original and traditional multi-part arrangements," but neither credits a composer for this piece, so the sources consulted here do not show who wrote it or when.[1][3] The sources consulted here also do not explain the word "Findorouson" or say what the title refers to.[1][3]

Etching of a mounted trumpeter in a plumed hat blowing a trumpet, with a group of horsemen in the distance

Stefano della Bella, Trumpeter on horseback facing right, a group of horsemen in the background, from "Various cavalry exercises" (Diverses exercices de cavalerie), etching, ca. 1642–45. Shown for its trumpeter; it has no connection to the piece.

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Sources

  1. Ellen Pratt: "Ensemble Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 7".
  2. DulcimerDownloads: "Ellen Pratt".
  3. Ellen S. Pratt: "Ensemble Arrangements for Mountain Dulcimer Volume 7".
  4. Image: Stefano della Bella, Trumpeter on horseback facing right, a group of horsemen in the background, from "Various cavalry exercises" (Diverses exercices de cavalerie), etching, ca. 1642–45. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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