Thea Musgrave (1928- )

Introduction
Musgrave is a Scottish composer who has written operas and classical-style music. She has written more than a dozen operas and other musical theatre works.==Work Analysis== I chose to analyze Song of the Enchanter by Musgrave. In the program notes, it says that it is based off of an episode from the Kalevala, a Finnish epic where a god, uses an instrument to enchant people, hence the title of the song. The piece is mesmerizing and has very classical characteristics as well as adding a more modern style to it.

Comparisons
This piece almost reminds me of a movie theme that I would hear John Williams or Hans Zimmer compose. It also reminds me of a Star Wars theme where you’d hear this playing as Leia would step out of a ship and the people would be there. Everyone would just stop what they are doing and listen to what she would have to say.

Observations
This piece was interesting to listen to because I can relate it to my own life because I always have found film scores fascinating. Although this is not a film score, it sounds like it could be the theme for a character (which it is). It was almost mesmerizing in a sense with the way it captured my attention.