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Dance of the Dormice

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Stephen Dunstone’s original composition Dance of the Dormice is for two lever or pedal harps. Simple and gentle in character, the piece features a “poco più mosso” middle section where the dormice briefly perk up—only to slow down once more and drift back to sleep.

This piece is available as a PDF download in the following combinations:

  • Complete Set: $8.35
    (Includes score and all parts.)
  • Score only: $4.00
  • Harp A only: $2.50
  • Harp B only: $2.50

Length: score is 4 pgs.; parts are 2 pgs.

Duration: 1:47

Note: This piece is formatted for 8.28 x 10.99 paper size; use the settings in your printer dialog box to get the best fit for your paper size.

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Dormice aren’t actually mice at all (if one is being zoologically accurate), and it’s quite possible that the name “dormouse” comes from the French word “dormeuse” which means both “a sleeper” (feminine), and “a night cap” (a cap to be worn at night). I don’t like to think of dormice being used as nocturnal headgear, so I’m going with the “sleeper” interpretation. They do sleep an awful lot, hibernating for half the year and being pretty dozy for a lot of the rest of the time, but they’re very endearing, and very special. They’re endangered in the UK, partly because of habitat loss.

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