Sunday, November 9, 2025

"I Am the Dance of Ages"

In the line "Blinding out all eyes" in "I Am the Dance of Ages," "eyes" is sung with a melisma (G F), lending a small sense of the entirety of "all."  I'd noticed this before but apparently neglected to write about it.  I was reminded of it yester-day when I listened to the 14 December 1972 Argent concert.  I also realized that the note values contribute to this sense of entirety, too:  the two notes to which "eyes" is sung have longer durations than the other notes in the line.