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                        RECOVERY OF HARMATHIA (5:54)

                          by Eterman   
                                        , finished in 27.01.2002

    "Truthfully speaking, I didn't really expect to find any such writings
 amoung the archives. Reading those words was like receiving a lightning
 strike. My minds was storming, thoughts running wildly.
    "The words were inevitably clear, praising a forthcoming recovery, the
 recovery of Harmathia, about which we had earlier read from other
 documents and deeds. No earlier writings, however, considered it with
 such deep manifest. I was stunned to notice how this consept
 draw our earlier assumptions indubitable.
    "It seemed to me that we had been right almost in all our suppositions
 considering the Harmathian state and its people. It confirmed the ancient
 roots of that culture as well as the magnitude of its influence during
 all its years of power, which were told to be many.
    "I could not, however, find answers or clues to many our questions. We
 still had no idea of what happened to the Harmathians after the great
 war. Neither could I even guess the meaning of this 'recovery': whether
 it was a prophecy, a pact or only empty promises, which would never be
 fulfilled.
    "Whatever I considered those words to mean - whether promises,
 treaties, prophesies, plans - I did not even know who was behind them 
 or whom they were written to. I still strongly believed that the concerns
 of culture, politics and ethnical matters after the war had much to do
 with the vow of cemeroth. I truly believed that if I could find answers
 considering the fate of harmathians after the war, the answers
 considering the vow would appear just as well.
    "Although I was a learned man and mastered in divers languages, this
 elder Rebon language, as it is named, caused me great difficulties.
 I knew well how even small transitions in spoken language influenced
 greatly in written language having a tendency to cause considerable
 transformation with time. And after all, it had been only a few desultory
 expressions in the old Semeroth prophesies that had caused numerous
 misinterpretations even amougst the Logishar. The difficulty lied in the
 fact that no man on earth was know to be speaking the old harmathian 
 language. It only existed in documents. 
    "Due to this lack of frequent use, the language has been almost
 forgotten and while the documents written with it are few, the meanings
 of many words have been almost impossible to trace.
    "Some chapters appeared rather clear, but I was certain that amoung
 those words many hidden meanings would lie. Reading these rather odd
 phrases was like studying riddles, although I still doubt those words
 were originally intented to be so cryptic. I'm full conversant with
 the theories on the subject, though, and I must acknowledge the sound
 reason behind those suggestions adversary to my own view.
    "I progressed slowly trying to concentrate on every word I read. I
 made notes and analyzed every detail with persistent reflection. My mind
 was, however, soon carried away by this inspiring context the text held.
 Whoever wrote those words had been a true wordwright, a true artist
 having the ability to create beauty. 
    "The promised rise of Harmathia was particularly touching and
 uplifting to read, and I could picture myself this multitude, this
 noble people with firm affections and hope in future. I could picture
 this frequently mentioned 'march of victories', which would bring a
 prolonged, long awaited justice to this wandering people, who ever they
 were.
    "Then this one phrase suddenly caught my thoughts as if I had yet
 again been struck by a lightning. It told about the Guard, who would at
 last gain his rest. The Guard had been mentioned many times before, and
 we had considered this character the protector of Semeroth, who last
 had been Cimmeon, but now, suddenly, the text referred to a group of
 people, which could now hold a wise rule over a marvellous southern
 state without their earlier burden.
    "This new information was crucial. It was like nothing I had read
 before from other documents. It was stunning. The Guard would not always
 refer to this one person, but sometimes, if not always, to a certain
 group of people. 
    "And now I could see in my imagination this group of people, this
 small amount of relatives. As I thought of these matters I gained
 insights and great new knowledge. It must be a family living in the
 southern kingdom, Saludd of course, with bonds of blood and ancient
 roots. Anyone could've known the answer: Simmel in Kzar. 
    "The City of Kzar and its sore state of govern. The corruption and
 rumors of rebellious activity. The enemy would of course rather attack
 this Guard itself than sneaking past it in the night, since this option
 had apparently never worked before. I wondered how long it had taken to
 get to this position - to weaken this family of power to its new fragile
 state. Soon the Guard would be no more, and Semeroth would be revealed.
    "I had not found the answers that I had been looking for, but this new
 knowledge might be yet much more important. It might prove central, in
 this quest, to make some connection with Simmel - to recover this new
 brach of the vow. It seemed that there were a great deal more of these
 branches than we had first thought. Cimmeon had surely held some
 knowledge of these matters, but he had been long gone and now we were
 compelled into the effort of rather hastily salving all of this precious
 information."
    
        Another Land of Whispers -theme finished. The work proceeds
 indeed, although there have been times when I've been rather doubtfull.

 That final part (orders 21-27) I find interesting, because the structure
 is indeed the kind that I've imagined used in ancient Harmathia. It's a
 relatively easy basis (the rhythm and style mostly) for musical
 progression, but while promoting free subjective expression, it allows
 swift changes and even complex transitions in chording. 

 And yes, that piccolo solo at orders 24-25 is actually possible to be
 played. It may cause difficulties with the breath (it quite surely
 would), but with the right technique, it can be played correctly.

 hmm... have to admit that in this song my method of structurizing is not
 in its finest. I've always preferred a coherent structure over a
 disjointed entity of separate parts. And even though my parts are not
 separate in harmonic sense, they are not properly connected into each
 other. Allowing myself to create these parts may have hindered me from
 using my developing method of structurizing the way I've recently gotten
 acquainted with. But what's done is done: the musical growth is complete
 now and there's nothing I can do about it anymore. (I don't know if I
 really do believe in that, but I don't have much better excuses anyway.)


 
 The Land of Whispers -series contain:

 Land of Whispers
 Shelter
 Northern Shimmer
 Knights of Whispers
 Recovery of Harmathia

 No, the series is not complete. 
 Various aspects shall yet be
 presented.



 -Harri Kivisto
                                                  eterman@writeme.com

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1. Cello Ensemble
2. Cello Ensemble
3. Orchestral bckgrnd
4. Trombone
5. Reed Ensemble
6. Trumpet
7. Brass Strike
8. Strings
9. Moody Strings
10. Moody Strings
11. Moody Strings
12. Background Woodwinds
13. Background Woodwinds
14. Weak Clarinet
15. Piccolo
16. Background Choir
17. Background Choir
18. Men's Choir
19. Men's Choir
20. Men's Choir
21. Women's Choir
22. Women's Choir
23. Iceblock
24. Xylophone
25. Pizzicato
26. Guitar1
27. Timpani
28. Tuned Bongos
29. Etno drum 1
30. Etno drum 2
31. Drums
32. Synth bass