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Scott Fields Ensemble: D

by Derek Taylor
December 1, 1999

Alliteration and rhythm, hyperbole and bombast. Literary devices and their musical counterparts often incorporate similar means to an end. Both are designed to elicit specific emotions and responses in their audiences. Scott Fields explores the ramifications of one such device, denouement, on this latest release on his own Geode imprint. In literature denouement denotes the final resolution of plot intricacies at the close of a story. Each of Fields’ song titles illustrates the culmination of a dramatic scenario, many with ...