Friday, September 24, 2021

"Thymia"

In the line "Solid shape of, known it for a long time" in "Thymia," "time" is sung with a melisma (G F# E), musically giving a sense of that "long."

Friday, September 17, 2021

"I'm Not My Season"

The first two lines of "I'm Not My Season" are "Blood of my blood / Skin of my skin."  This provides a small connection between "I'm Not My Season" and "Shore," which begins with the line "Kin of my kin."  All three of these phrases seem to take their structure (and perhaps even more) from similar phrases in Genesis 2:23:  "Then the man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.'"

Friday, September 10, 2021

"Young Man's Game"

The first phrase in "Young Man's Game" is "New day rising," and as if to reflect that "rising," this phrase ascends (B D E F#).

In the line "Find something unique to say," the second (rather than the first) syllable of "something" is emphasized, and to some degree, this illustrates that "unique[ness]."

"Life" in the line "For all my life" is sung with a melisma (F# E D), musically giving a sense of the entirety of that "all."

Friday, September 3, 2021

"Maestranza"

In the line "Now that the water runs" in "Maestranza," "runs" is sung with a melisma (F# E), musically giving a sense of movement.