March 15th, 2008
Homer preview: Someday Soon
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“Someday Soon” (first draft of accompaniment)
Music by Roger Bourland
Words by Mel Shapiro
from “Homer in Cyberspace
It is customary, at least on older operas, to have a passacaglia or ground bass at some point. OK, my piece is kind of opera kind of musical, but I couldn’t resist having one in HOMER. So here it is. (For those who don’t know, ground bass is one that repeats over and over. The musical excerpt below shows you the bass line which you can follow throughout.
[Photo by Mike Matas]
April 21st, 2008 at 6:56 am
Does the passacaglia run throughout the opera or just in the one “aria/song”?
I’d be interested in seeing more of this as I am working on my own and curious as to what other composers are up to.
Chip
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