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Sunrise

by Robert Wadsworth

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Sunrise 04:04
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Black Bridge Jog / Daffodil Riot 03:24
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Carrousel 03:43
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Daydream 03:34
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Meditation 03:48
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Genessee Jig 02:29
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The Last Leaves To Fall 03:17
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Maggie's Awake 02:37
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April Brook 03:38
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Innocence 03:12
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Bridge To Nowhere / Gee Whiz 05:04
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River Bank 03:41
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13.
Tramontane Bells 07:08
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Writing instrumental music is not an endeavor I purposefully decided to pursue. Over many years of learning to play extant music, I would occasionally sit at the dulcimer or pick up a guitar and, for respite from the discipline of practice, let my hands and the instrument play with each other a bit. Sometimes snippets of melody would catch my attention, and inspired and empowered by my son's development as a professional composer, I began trying to develop a few of these into complete compositions. Upon hearing some of my early efforts, family and friends asked what I planned to do with what I was creating.  At the time I had no idea, but this recording is my belated answer to that question.

The ideas for a couple of pieces preceded the music to express them, but most started with the instrument itself suggesting the musical theme, and finding titles was often harder than composing them. I'm indebted to my wife Mary Ellen for naming “Bridge to Nowhere” when she heard how the descending “bridge” leads into a second hornpipe (“Gee Whiz”) that sounds suspiciously similar to the first. Although about half of the tunes were written on hammered dulcimer and half on guitar, all feature the dulcimer in some capacity, whether as melody or accompaniment instrument.

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released October 16, 2013

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Robert Wadsworth Richmond, Virginia

Hammered dulcimer and acoustic guitar player Robert Wadsworth's recording of The Nutcracker Suite has been described as “mandatory Christmas season listening.” After collaborating on an album of baroque hammered dulcimer duets and recording two CDs of original compositions, his latest release, “Dulcet Fayre,” returns to the dulcimer's folk roots with his arrangements of traditional Celtic tunes. ... more

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