[Instrumental] [Intro — Beneath the Water] [Small harp and viola da gamba begin quietly] [Fragments of an old dance melody] [Gentle 3/4, faded but warm] [Inhabited rather than haunted] [Main Theme — Laura Dance] [Mandolin introduces the memorable Laura Dance Melody] [Wooden flute answers with old folk ornamentation] [Bittersweet, graceful, once joyful] [Keep the underlying tempo steady] [Memory — The Living City] [Dance accents become clearer without changing tempo] [Soft hand percussion emerges] [Mandolin and flute trade playful phrases] [Richer ornamentation briefly restores the old dance character] [Then gently fade back into the present] [Ancient Memory] [A faint three-or-four-note ancestral shape resembles the Home Motif] [Never quote the Home Motif directly] [Let the connection remain uncertain] [Brief natural silence] [The Lost Sound] [Play an older variation of the Laura Dance] [The Missing Note appears naturally in its proper place] [Do not emphasize it] [Continue as though the note were completely ordinary] [Return — What Remains] [Return to the faded Laura Dance] [Mandolin, harp and viola da gamba carry the melody] [Traces of the old rhythmic accents flicker underneath] [Warm, beautiful and deeply nostalgic] [No dramatic climax] [Outro — The Empty Square] [Percussion disappears] [Wooden flute fades] [Mandolin simplifies the Laura Dance] [Viola da gamba falls away] [Small harp remains] [One final ancient fragment contains the Missing Note naturally] [Let the resonance fade into silence]
