When the last harp note was whipped by the breeze, as Melongel's body slid into the sea, he must have only thought he heard another harp's last dissonant strum.

Flaeros Delcamper could barely hear his own harp notes, but-newly esteemed bard to the court of Flowfoam or not-this was his first paying engagement in the City of River and Sea, and he sang on with determination.

As from a dream he heard at its core the clear, fragile sound of a single harp note.

Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea. . . The harp notes were from a small instrument, plucked by fingers able to touch the strings with great precision.

The contemplative and moving second track, "Pyramid," is a favorite of fans and has become a concert staple, always garnering applause when the first harp notes are played.

The word, hanging in the air like a harp note between them, seemed to ease something out of him; his shoulders slumped.

Morgon, his mind fragmented into harp notes, struggled to shape an order out of them.

A spray of harp notes. . . a spill of music, flowing like water.

The opening A's were unusually and nicely poised, the closing chorale section was phrased beautifully, and the last three glockenspiel and harp notes were perfect.

He lingered, as the moments oozed, holding the final word until the wavering harp notes should rise to a crescendo.