The first and only scene of Act 0: Ouverture

12/2/1843, Saturday, Denmark

Lille drums absently on a wooden bench with two twigs she found on her walk from home. The market hasn't opened yet, and she doesn't have a warm enough coat to face the coming cold, but she's out here early nonetheless in her usual attempt to avoid her father.

At last, she spots the first few wagons of goods pulling into the square, and soon enough the market is open and bustling. She dashes through the crowds of customers rapturously, entranced by the vendors' calls and the smells of fresh bread and the gleam of polished jewelry. No one seems to be bothered that a ten-year-old girl is wandering about alone.

As Lille runs out of breath and energy, she slows to a walk and is exiting the market when she feels a single snowflake land on her nose. It continues to snow lightly for a short time as she worries yet again about what the winter will bring, whether she and her family will make it through another year. Eventually, she returns to the action and hurries back through the masses of people, trying to make it out before market closes and the wagons take up all the space on the roads.

Finally, she finds her bench again and begins to drum, waiting for her father to fall asleep so she can go home.

Stats and specs for NGUAC (just in case you want to see them):

Key: G#m - Fm - F#m - Gm - Bbm

BPM: 186 - 144 - 158 - 168 - 186

DAW: Logic Pro X

Plugins: The Giant, Massive, Kontakt 5 Factory Library, Session Strings Pro, Rise and Hit, Damage, Battery 4

[Edit 8.1.17] Hey, 2nd place in the Knockouts! Onward to the final round!

[Edit 9.17.17] Finally got around to cleaning this up a bit: I did what I could to humanize the guitar (which wasn't much, it's not a great sample), gave the solo violin and cello makeovers, took some high end off the synth at 2:04, and made the big ritardando a little less robotic.

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