# Marcy Prochaska: Hammered Dulcimer

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## Repertoire

Classical | Folk | Original

### Sample Repertoire Lists

Look over the lists below to see what kinds of music I typically play. The lists are not exhaustive, so if there’s an unlisted piece you’d like me to play, I might already know it or I might be able to learn it.

### A Note About Sound Files

Each tune title is a link to an MP3 or MIDI sound file — please do not use any sound files without permission. MP3s are either home recordings or clips from one of my CDs. MIDIs are digitally created with NoteWorthy Composer notation software; they’re good enough to show how the tunes go, but the pieces will sound much better live.

### Classical (Mostly Baroque)

Many of these pieces can or must be played as duets. Good choices for a second instrument are flute, violin, or (for some pieces) harp.

- Hornpipe . . . Handel . . . Great recessional, from Water Music.
- Arioso . . . J. S. Bach . . . Lovely air.
- Bourree . . . J. S. Bach . . . From Em Lute Suite; this version inspired by Nightnoise.
- Bourree . . . Handel . . . From Water Music (and the Frugal Gourmet).
- Canon in D . . . Pachelbel . . . My favorite processional.
- Carolan’s Draught / Sleepers Awake . . . O’Carolan / Bach . . . Two lovely airs, one Irish.
- Flower Duet . . . Delibes . . . From the opera Lakme (and British Airways).
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring . . . Bach . . . A beautiful meditation.
- Menuet . . . Quantz . . . Carrie Crompton’s version, lyrical and soaring.
- Now Thank We All Our God . . . Bach . . . More than just the hymn tune.
- Praeludium I . . . Bach . . . Lovely by itself or with Gounod’s Ave Maria.
- Rondeau . . . Mouret . . . An elegant fanfare, famous as the Masterpiece Theatre theme.
- Sheep May Safely Graze . . . Bach . . . A peaceful air.

### Traditional and Contemporary Folk

On the Mellow Side

- Allemande . . . From the Renaissance.
- Ash Grove . . . Welsh air.
- Big Meadows Twilight . . . © Tim Seaman . . . Celtic-inspired air.
- Bunch of Rushes . . . Irish?
- Easter Thursday . . . English double hornpipe.
- Fig for a Kiss . . . Scottish slip jig.
- Front Porch Waltz / Galician Waltz . . . © Rick Thum / © Fernando Largo . . . From Celtic Spain.

  > October 8, 2004: I have recently learned that the tune I learned as “Galician Waltz” is really titled “Cau’l Chouzano” and was written by Asturian musician, Fernando Largo. I still haven’t been able to get in touch with him or his publisher.

- George Brabazon . . . O’Carolan . . . Irish air.
- Glen Affric . . . © Paul Brockman . . . Celtic-inspired air.
- Greensleeves . . . English air, originally a jig.
- Hewlett . . . O’Carolan . . . Irish air.
- Parson’s Farewell . . . English country dance tune.
- The Presbyterian Hornpipe . . . English double hornpipe.
- Si Bheag Si Mhor . . . O’Carolan . . . Irish air.
- They Stole My Wife Last Night . . . Gaelic air.
- The Water is Wide . . . English air.

A Little Livelier

- Banish Misfortune . . . Irish jig.
- The Butterfly . . . Irish slip jig.
- The Cuckoo’s Nest . . . Irish hornpipe.
- Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman . . . French-Canadian reel.
- Julia Delany . . . Irish reel.
- Merrily Kiss the Quaker . . . Irish jig.
- Over the Waterfall . . . Old Time reel.
- Red-Haired Boy . . . Irish reel.
- Road to Lisdoonvarna . . . Irish jig.
- Rowena’s Waltz . . . © Tim Seaman . . . Written for his wife’s birthday.
- Simple Gifts . . . Shaker hymn.
- Timberline Wander . . . © Tim Seaman . . . Hiking tune.
- Trip to Sligo . . . Irish jig.

### Original

- Amy’s Morning . . . Improvised while trying to entertain our four-month-old on a fussy morning.
- Chesterton . . . For G. K. Chesterton and his wise lunatics.
- Evening’s End . . . How I remember the tune our old music box played.
- Fallen . . . For those who fell on 9-11, and for all of us who fell with Adam and Eve.
- Generations . . . Written for the seating of mothers and grandmothers at a wedding.
- Harper’s Waltz . . . Inspired by O’Carolan; my first dulcimer composition.
- In Him Will I Trust . . . A lullaby with lyrics from the Psalms.
- Irksome Girl . . . A self-portrait of sorts.
- Kittatinny Tunnel . . . As a kid I loved going through the tunnels on the PA Turnpike.
- Mark’s Jig . . . Each part begins by spelling Mark’s names, first, middle, last.
- Meditation in Bb . . . Inspired by the upper right corner of my dulcimer.
- Midnight Maze . . . For the landscapes of dreams.
- October Snow . . . Mixed feelings about the first snow of the season.
- Poet in the Field . . . A reel written for my friend Rick.
- Prelude in Bm . . . A rhythmic motif travels through a chord progression.
- Rain Painting . . . After a rain,Williamsburg landscapes look like watercolors.
- South of the James . . . For our former home in Richmond, Virginia.
- Third Street Market . . . For the Ithaca Farmers’ Market; Don at UPDF inspired the drum part.
- Thursday Morning . . . For those quiet, cup-of-tea, cat-in-the-lap mornings.
- Toboggan . . . There’s nothing like flying down a hill in a loaded toboggan.
- Variations on a Three-Year-Old Theme . . . Based on the first song I ever wrote.
- Winter East and Kensington . . . About musical fellowship; named after rehearsal addresses.

Ask me about Christmas music.

Classical | Folk | Original