Seventy On A Mid-November Day: A Song History

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"Seventy On A Mid-November Day" appears in Ellen Pratt's Ensemble Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 4, a 64-page book of duets and trios that Pratt publishes herself.[1] The listing sets the piece out as separate parts for several dulcimers, all in DAD tuning.[1] According to her artist page, Pratt has been a dulcimer player for more than two decades and has composed her own music since 2004; membership in a dulcimer orchestra in northeastern Connecticut is what led her to write and arrange for ensembles.[2] Neither the book's listing nor Pratt's artist page names the composer of this tune, and nothing in the sources consulted here records when it was written or what lies behind its title.[1][2]

Autumn landscape with red and gold trees around a sunny meadow and a path in the foreground

George Inness, Sunny Autumn Day, oil on canvas, 1892. Shown for its autumn landscape; it has no connection to the tune.

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Sources

  1. DulcimerDownloads: "Ellen Pratt - Ensemble Arrangements For The Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 4".
  2. DulcimerDownloads: "Ellen Pratt".
  3. Image: George Inness, Sunny Autumn Day, oil on canvas, 1892. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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