The Once and Future Queen (a cappella)

My fifth entry for FAWM 2023 5090, an improvised Greek Dance.

FAWM 5090 2023

Greek Dance

"Deva Prison" is the first of what I'm hoping to make a song cycle, sung by the fictional Hans Lorenz, the son of the protagonist of my novel _The Magic Battery_. It will focus on the Protestant Reformation and the very early development of the liberal concept of human freedom. The song is followed by some remarks by Hans to his fictional audience about Dávid Ferenc and the idea that heresy is a crime.

Dávid Ferenc was the founder of Unitarianism. He got it legalized for a brief time in Transylvania but ultimately died in prison.

The song is written in the Phrygian mode to give it an old-style feeling.

Songs of Hans Lorenz

Deva Prison

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Chicken Dinner Road

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Peter Iredale

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The Once and Future Queen (a cappella)

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