the music will start when I get that part written).
In the final measures, the four voices come together
on the A below middle C, which is the vanishing
point (from a persepective point of view) meant to
portray the vastness of the desert where all of
Ozymandias' great works have crumbled to dust.
As a side note, Fred Himbaugh, a composer of
choral music whose works have actually been
performed, once asked what characterizes a good
bass line. Being a bass singer, this music is my
response. It lays the harmonic foundation, has a fair
bit of melodic interest, and includes some dramatic
leaps.
©2010 David Rupp