"The Sunken Village" vividly describes the scene of a village, obviously unaware of the menace. This can be heard from the initial bars of gloomy long notes, the clashing music of the happy parade apparent in the score, clashes as the menace grows louder, giving the audience a sense that the villagers are oblivious to impending danger.

Finally, it climaxes as almost everyone plays their long notes while some people run their notes
Then, the music score starts to go very fast, highlighting the panic of the villagers as the scramble away from devastation. At the end, towards the last fifty bars, a gloomy shadow is cast over the song and song ends in a whimper rather than with a bang as the whole village had been destroyed & sunk, disappearing without a trace from the world and never to be a happy village again.


Cephas