The Daventry Suite               (copyright donald m. wilson)

SARAH'S SONG!!!                                                    (copyright donald m.wilson)                                         There on the path in front of my home,                                         I last saw my love, my hero, my own!                                         He caught a strange object that fell                                         from the sky,                                         As it turned me to stone, I heard his                                         mournful cry.                                         When is he coming, where is he now?                                         Yonder defending his honor, I trow.                                         The curse has been lifted, for how long                                         I know not:                                         When is he coming, where is he now?                                         When he gets home, he'll take me in his                                         arms:                                         He'll hold me and kiss me and shield me                                         from harm.                                         The townsfolk will hail him as their                                         hero of might;                                         King Graham will come forward and make                                         him a knight..

When is he coming, where is he                                               now?                                               Yonder defending his honor, I                                               trow.                                               The curse has been lifted, for                                               how long I know not:                                               Connor Mac Lyrr has stayed it, I                                               wot!                                               When is he coming, where is he                                               now?                                               Thus will all in Daventry sing:                                               When Connor returns, our freedom                                               he'll bring.                                               As he kneels for the dubbing, the                                               people will shout;                                               Then he'll stand there so proudly                                               as the church bells                                               ring out.                                               When is he coming, where is he                                               now?                                               Yonder defending his honor, I                                               trow.                                               The curse has been lifted, for                                               how long I know not:                                               Connor Mac Lyrr has stayed it, I                                               wot!                                               When is he coming, where is he                                               now?                                               Copyright Donald M. Wilson All                                               Rights Reserved

DAVENTRY SUITE is comprised of three movements depicting what might            have taken place in the lives of the two main characters, Connor and            Sarah, upon completion of the computer game in which they are found:            King's Quest: Mask of Eternity.            In an original poem to be printed with the program, "Sarah's Song"            describes the heroine's thoughts and feelings immediately after the            curse has been lifted. In her imagination she pictures her reunion            with Connor and the festival that will undoubtedly be held to honor            the hero of Daventry.            Connor's Triumphal Return to Daventry is a fanfare for a medieval            festival that might have been held by the inhabitants of the            mythical land of Daventry to honor their national hero, Connor Mac            Lyrr, upon his return from single-handedly defeating the evil forces            that held them captive in the computer game. Celebration with            Ringing Peal employs bell-ringing permutations to provide a joyful            atmosphere for the knighting of Connor Mac Lyrr in this fanciful            sequel to the original game.            Having been invited in the spring of 1999 to teach Band Scoring at            BGSU that fall, I began work on a project that would demonstrate the            three basic approaches to Band Scoring (and, for that matter,            Orchestration): transcribing, arranging and composing. The first            movement of DAVENTRY SUITE is an arrangement of a tune that I wrote            in 1973 for a music-theatre version of Aristophanes' comedy,            Lysistrata. The second movement is a transcription of my FANFARE 8            TRUMPETS (1998). The third movement was composed from scratch during            the summer of 1999, mixing materials from the first with            permutations of a well-known tune introduced by the chimes.            DAVENTRY SUITE is offered as an optimistic supplement to the ending            of Mask of Eternity as well as a tribute to composers Kevin Manthei,            Ben Houge and Mark Seibert for their excellent musical score to the            original computer game.                                                                                            (Donald M. Wilson)                    Reproduced with permission                             Visit Donald M. Wilson's Website.                                                                                                                                        TAKE ME THERE!!!

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