23 — 亡者之城 | Salamanca Mandarin

Alternative Rock, Spanish pop, funeral passacaglia

[Sung entirely in Mandarin Chinese. Natural Mandarin pronunciation; all narrative lines sung, never spoken.]

[TITLE: 亡者之城]
[EL ESTUDIANTE DE SALAMANCA]
[ACT III — MOVEMENT 23 OF 28]
[MANDARIN CHINESE ADAPTATION INSPIRED BY ESPRONCEDA]
[ZEMFIRA DE GRANADA — SOLO FEMALE SOPRANO]
[116 BPM — 7/8 — F-SHARP MINOR]
[SHIFTS: 7/8, 5/8, 6/8, 3/4]
[FINAL ACCELERANDO TO 160 BPM]
[SPANISH-MOORISH SUPERNATURAL SCHERZO]
[DAZZLING, BEAUTIFUL, STRANGE, HYPNOTIC]
[ONE FEMALE VOICE — NO CHARACTER SWITCHING]
[ALL WORDS SUNG — NO SPOKEN NARRATION]
[NO MALE VOCALS — NO CLARINETS]

[RECURRING THEMES]
[LABYRINTH: D–Eb–F#–G–Bb–A–D]
[LADY: D–F–E–A–G–F]
[FELIX: E–F–G#–B–A–G#]
[ELVIRA: FOUR DESCENDING CELLO NOTES]
[PROCESSION: G–F#–F–Eb–D]

[BARS 1–12 — THE CITY BREATHES]
[PPP — 116 BPM — 7/8, GROUPED 2+2+3]
[SOLO FLAMENCO GUITAR INTRODUCES LABYRINTH THEME]
[ROMANI VIOLIN ANSWERS WITH THE THEME IN REVERSE]
[HARP PLAYS ASCENDING HARMONICS]
[FLUTE PLAYS DESCENDING CHROMATIC FIGURES]
[CELLO SUSTAINS F-SHARP]
[PIANO INTRODUCES QUIET DISSONANT CHORDS]
[GRADUALLY ADD QANUN AND SOFT STRINGS]

[VERSE 1 — THE TRANSFORMATION]
[ZEMFIRA — INTIMATE, WONDERING, LYRICAL]
[SPARSE GUITAR AND HARP]

塔楼开始沉落，
街道化作水晶；
阴影仿佛敞开，
通向没有尽头的世界。

门扉通往天空，
喷泉倒唱着低语；
萨拉曼卡藏进梦里，
谁也不能理解。

[BARS 13–28 — INSTRUMENTAL LABYRINTH]
[16 BARS — NO VOCALS]
[VIOLIN: SEVEN-NOTE LABYRINTH THEME]
[GUITAR: THEME IN INVERSION]
[FLUTE: RAPID ASCENDING SCALE FRAGMENTS]
[PIANO: CHROMATIC CONTRARY MOTION]
[CELLO: DESCENDING PROCESSION GROUND]
[SHIFT ACCENTS FROM 2+2+3 TO 3+2+2]
[GRADUAL CRESCENDO]

[VERSE 2 — THE CITY OF THE DEAD]
[116 BPM — 5/8 — GROUPED 3+2]
[VOICE LIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, SLIGHTLY UNREAL]

死者穿过桥梁，
新娘重新起舞；
国王走在人群里，
没有王座，没有权威。

一个孩子从喷泉中欢笑，
一口钟倒着鸣响；
唐费利克斯仍无动于衷，
看不懂眼前的景象。

[PRE-CHORUS — THE CITY AWAKENS]
[CELLO BEGINS A RISING CHROMATIC FIGURE]
[VIOLIN PLAYS THE LADY'S THEME]
[BUILD TO A LUMINOUS HARMONIC CHANGE]

谁移动了群星？
谁改变了常理？
为什么石头会记忆？
为什么心不再跳动？

[CHORUS — SALAMANCA]
[132 BPM — 6/8]
[BROAD, MEMORABLE, SOARING SOPRANO MELODY]
[VIOLIN ANSWERS EACH VOCAL PHRASE]
[THE CHORUS MUST RETURN IDENTICALLY]

萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！
你的心在何方？
谁改变了你的街道？
谁让太阳停转？

萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！
你已不知如何醒来；
你的广场上，死者起舞，
永远不能安息。

[BARS 45–76 — THE IMPOSSIBLE FUGUE]
[32 BARS — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY]
[FLAMENCO GUITAR INTRODUCES LABYRINTH SUBJECT]
[ROMANI VIOLIN ENTERS WITH LADY'S THEME]
[CELLO PLAYS LABYRINTH SUBJECT IN AUGMENTATION]
[PIANO PLAYS LADY'S THEME IN INVERSION]
[FLUTE AND HARP EXCHANGE SHORT COUNTERSUBJECTS]
[BUILD A TWO-SUBJECT CONTRAPUNTAL TEXTURE]
[SHIFT 7/8 TO 5/8, THEN 6/8]
[THEMES REMAIN DISTINCT AND RECOGNIZABLE]
[BRILLIANT VIRTUOSO GUITAR AND VIOLIN]
[GRADUAL BUILD FROM MP TO FFF]
[SUDDEN TRANSITION TO SOFT 3/4]

[THE ENCHANTED PLAZA]
[72 BPM — 3/4 — D MAJOR]
[EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTAL WALTZ]
[HARP AND FLUTE INTRODUCE A NEW LOVE MELODY]
[CELLO ANSWERS WITH ELVIRA'S FOUR NOTES]
[ROMANI VIOLIN PLAYS LONG PASSIONATE LEGATO]
[VELVETY STRINGS, SHIMMERING PIANO HARMONIES]
[SOFT FLAMENCO GUITAR ARPEGGIOS]
[NO PERCUSSION — FLOATING, HEAVENLY]

[BRIDGE — THE LADY AT THE CENTER]
[VOICE TENDER, SPELLBOUND]
[SOLO HARP, CELLO AND VIOLIN]

在寂静的中央，
一位女子安然等候；
衣裙收藏着时光，
目光收藏着永恒。

她不问他的名字，
她不问他的爱情；
只是伸出那只手，
世界便失去颜色。

[BARS 77–100 — THE SEDUCTIVE VISION]
[24 BARS — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY]
[SOLO VIOLIN EXPANDS THE LADY'S MELODY]
[FLUTE PLAYS AN EXQUISITE COUNTERMELODY]
[HARP AND GUITAR INTERWEAVE ARPEGGIOS]
[CELLO PLAYS ELVIRA'S THEME]
[THE TWO THEMES GRADUALLY BECOME SIMILAR]
[HARMONY MOVES D MAJOR TO B MINOR]
[ONE DISTANT BELL]
[RETURN TO 116 BPM — 7/8]

[THE CITY BEGINS TO TURN]
[7/8 — PASSACAGLIA IN LOW STRINGS]
[GUITAR PLAYS FELIX'S GAMBLER THEME]
[VIOLIN ANSWERS WITH THE LADY'S THEME]
[PIANO AND FLUTE DEVELOP THE LABYRINTH MOTIF]
[HEAVY TABLA, BENDIR AND CASTANETS ENTER]
[ACCELERANDO BEGINS]

[FINAL CHORUS — 144 BPM — 6/8]
[SAME CHORUS MELODY]
[SOARING SOPRANO ABOVE THE FULL ENSEMBLE]

萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！
你的心在何方？
谁改变了你的街道？
谁让太阳停转？

萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！
你已不知如何醒来；
你的广场上，死者起舞，
永远不能安息。

城市化作阴影，
阴影化作大海。
女子在门口等候……
他又一次伴她前行。

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[Sung entirely in Mandarin Chinese. Natural Mandarin pronunciation; all narrative lines sung, never spoken.] [TITLE: 亡者之城] [EL ESTUDIANTE DE SALAMANCA] [ACT III — MOVEMENT 23 OF 28] [MANDARIN CHINESE ADAPTATION INSPIRED BY ESPRONCEDA] [ZEMFIRA DE GRANADA — SOLO FEMALE SOPRANO] [116 BPM — 7/8 — F-SHARP MINOR] [SHIFTS: 7/8, 5/8, 6/8, 3/4] [FINAL ACCELERANDO TO 160 BPM] [SPANISH-MOORISH SUPERNATURAL SCHERZO] [DAZZLING, BEAUTIFUL, STRANGE, HYPNOTIC] [ONE FEMALE VOICE — NO CHARACTER SWITCHING] [ALL WORDS SUNG — NO SPOKEN NARRATION] [NO MALE VOCALS — NO CLARINETS] [RECURRING THEMES] [LABYRINTH: D–Eb–F#–G–Bb–A–D] [LADY: D–F–E–A–G–F] [FELIX: E–F–G#–B–A–G#] [ELVIRA: FOUR DESCENDING CELLO NOTES] [PROCESSION: G–F#–F–Eb–D] [BARS 1–12 — THE CITY BREATHES] [PPP — 116 BPM — 7/8, GROUPED 2+2+3] [SOLO FLAMENCO GUITAR INTRODUCES LABYRINTH THEME] [ROMANI VIOLIN ANSWERS WITH THE THEME IN REVERSE] [HARP PLAYS ASCENDING HARMONICS] [FLUTE PLAYS DESCENDING CHROMATIC FIGURES] [CELLO SUSTAINS F-SHARP] [PIANO INTRODUCES QUIET DISSONANT CHORDS] [GRADUALLY ADD QANUN AND SOFT STRINGS] [VERSE 1 — THE TRANSFORMATION] [ZEMFIRA — INTIMATE, WONDERING, LYRICAL] [SPARSE GUITAR AND HARP] 塔楼开始沉落，街道化作水晶；阴影仿佛敞开，通向没有尽头的世界。门扉通往天空，喷泉倒唱着低语；萨拉曼卡藏进梦里，谁也不能理解。 [BARS 13–28 — INSTRUMENTAL LABYRINTH] [16 BARS — NO VOCALS] [VIOLIN: SEVEN-NOTE LABYRINTH THEME] [GUITAR: THEME IN INVERSION] [FLUTE: RAPID ASCENDING SCALE FRAGMENTS] [PIANO: CHROMATIC CONTRARY MOTION] [CELLO: DESCENDING PROCESSION GROUND] [SHIFT ACCENTS FROM 2+2+3 TO 3+2+2] [GRADUAL CRESCENDO] [VERSE 2 — THE CITY OF THE DEAD] [116 BPM — 5/8 — GROUPED 3+2] [VOICE LIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, SLIGHTLY UNREAL] 死者穿过桥梁，新娘重新起舞；国王走在人群里，没有王座，没有权威。一个孩子从喷泉中欢笑，一口钟倒着鸣响；唐费利克斯仍无动于衷，看不懂眼前的景象。 [PRE-CHORUS — THE CITY AWAKENS] [CELLO BEGINS A RISING CHROMATIC FIGURE] [VIOLIN PLAYS THE LADY'S THEME] [BUILD TO A LUMINOUS HARMONIC CHANGE] 谁移动了群星？谁改变了常理？为什么石头会记忆？为什么心不再跳动？ [CHORUS — SALAMANCA] [132 BPM — 6/8] [BROAD, MEMORABLE, SOARING SOPRANO MELODY] [VIOLIN ANSWERS EACH VOCAL PHRASE] [THE CHORUS MUST RETURN IDENTICALLY] 萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！你的心在何方？谁改变了你的街道？谁让太阳停转？萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！你已不知如何醒来；你的广场上，死者起舞，永远不能安息。 [BARS 45–76 — THE IMPOSSIBLE FUGUE] [32 BARS — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY] [FLAMENCO GUITAR INTRODUCES LABYRINTH SUBJECT] [ROMANI VIOLIN ENTERS WITH LADY'S THEME] [CELLO PLAYS LABYRINTH SUBJECT IN AUGMENTATION] [PIANO PLAYS LADY'S THEME IN INVERSION] [FLUTE AND HARP EXCHANGE SHORT COUNTERSUBJECTS] [BUILD A TWO-SUBJECT CONTRAPUNTAL TEXTURE] [SHIFT 7/8 TO 5/8, THEN 6/8] [THEMES REMAIN DISTINCT AND RECOGNIZABLE] [BRILLIANT VIRTUOSO GUITAR AND VIOLIN] [GRADUAL BUILD FROM MP TO FFF] [SUDDEN TRANSITION TO SOFT 3/4] [THE ENCHANTED PLAZA] [72 BPM — 3/4 — D MAJOR] [EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTAL WALTZ] [HARP AND FLUTE INTRODUCE A NEW LOVE MELODY] [CELLO ANSWERS WITH ELVIRA'S FOUR NOTES] [ROMANI VIOLIN PLAYS LONG PASSIONATE LEGATO] [VELVETY STRINGS, SHIMMERING PIANO HARMONIES] [SOFT FLAMENCO GUITAR ARPEGGIOS] [NO PERCUSSION — FLOATING, HEAVENLY] [BRIDGE — THE LADY AT THE CENTER] [VOICE TENDER, SPELLBOUND] [SOLO HARP, CELLO AND VIOLIN] 在寂静的中央，一位女子安然等候；衣裙收藏着时光，目光收藏着永恒。她不问他的名字，她不问他的爱情；只是伸出那只手，世界便失去颜色。 [BARS 77–100 — THE SEDUCTIVE VISION] [24 BARS — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY] [SOLO VIOLIN EXPANDS THE LADY'S MELODY] [FLUTE PLAYS AN EXQUISITE COUNTERMELODY] [HARP AND GUITAR INTERWEAVE ARPEGGIOS] [CELLO PLAYS ELVIRA'S THEME] [THE TWO THEMES GRADUALLY BECOME SIMILAR] [HARMONY MOVES D MAJOR TO B MINOR] [ONE DISTANT BELL] [RETURN TO 116 BPM — 7/8] [THE CITY BEGINS TO TURN] [7/8 — PASSACAGLIA IN LOW STRINGS] [GUITAR PLAYS FELIX'S GAMBLER THEME] [VIOLIN ANSWERS WITH THE LADY'S THEME] [PIANO AND FLUTE DEVELOP THE LABYRINTH MOTIF] [HEAVY TABLA, BENDIR AND CASTANETS ENTER] [ACCELERANDO BEGINS] [FINAL CHORUS — 144 BPM — 6/8] [SAME CHORUS MELODY] [SOARING SOPRANO ABOVE THE FULL ENSEMBLE] 萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！你的心在何方？谁改变了你的街道？谁让太阳停转？萨拉曼卡，萨拉曼卡！你已不知如何醒来；你的广场上，死者起舞，永远不能安息。城市化作阴影，阴影化作大海。女子在门口等候…… 他又一次伴她前行。

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