Roseafar Symphony

Threat Level: Green

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Section of SCP-XXXX. Note the complexity of the notes.

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Containment Update: Following the capture of SCP-XXXX-1, a standard humanoid containment cell can be used in containment. Under no circumstances is SCP-XXXX-1 allowed acess to musical instruments, paper and writing materials.

Special Containment Procedures: The Foundation web crawler program 'Trebleclef S-T-A-B' is to investigate and remove recordings, sheet music and informatiom relating to SCP-XXXX encountered on the internet. Removed files are to be backed up to a Foundation owned server.

MTF Iota-12 ("Stokowski's Baton") has been constructed in order to prevent performances of SCP-XXXX and is to investigate past performances. Identified perfomers and audience members who had attended or perfomed in a showing of SCP-XXXX are to be contacted, interviewed and later given class-A amnestiacs. Iota-12's secondary purpose is related to confiscation and removal of commerically produced SCP-XXXX sheet music, recordings, and videos. Each instance may be secured in a standard Containment locker.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a seventeeth century Opera called Prayer of Roseafar SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects have been determined to occur during a performance of the piece. Anomalous effects only occur when SCP-XXXX is listened to in person; an indivdiual listening to SCP-XXXX through a recording will not be affected, nor will SCP-XXXX produce any instances of SCP-XXXX-2.

Identified anomalous effects relating to SCP-XXXX include manifestations of SCP-XXXX-2 entities, abnormal changes in the weather and temperture, and altering of an audience and performer's mood and emotions. Information relating to SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects are further expanded upon in Addendum No. 4.

Addendum No. 1 History SCP-XXXX was believed to have been composed of by John Waterford (SCP-XXXX-1), a citizen of Roseafar.¹ According to offical documents, SCP-XXXX-1 was commisoned by the Roseafar Church with composing a piece of music that described the history of Roseafar. SCP-XXXX previously composed several other pieces of music, although none have been determined to contain anomalous abilities, and as such are safe to listen to. As such, no action is to be taken regarding performances of these pieces.

Engraving of John Waterford, wearing traditional Roseafar attire.

SCP-XXXX-1 was captured by MTF Iota-12 ("Stokowski's Baton") during a raid on Roseafar, 1986. After its capture, SCP-XXXX has remained within Foundation custody. It is unknown if it posseses anomalous behaviors or abilties; as such it is reccomended that contact be limited unless necessary.

Addendum No. 2: Structure SCP-XXXX has an average duration of aproximately 160 minutes, and is divided into three acts, with eight scenes each, along with an instrumental prelude and instrumental finale.

Plot Summary

Prologue: The Male and Female narrators explain the begining of Roseafar. A deity, refered to as Ariesieal(Performed through Pantomime) created the world, along with man. The male narrator describes how man originally was said to have been born in the heavens, but by mistake, Ariesieal created man on a shooting star, which had crashed into Earth.

The female narrator decribes Ariesieal's embarrasment and regret, at the situation, and in turn describes how it pledged to create a homeland for man, entitled 'Roseafar.' Early man arrives in Roseafar, but faces difficulty, such as finding food, shelter and surviving. (Children's Choir.) Ariseieal creates food (SCP-XXXX-2), and creates rain and fire. Man survives its first night and year. The Children's Choir continually explains early life in Roseafar.

Act 1: Several characters, each with an afflictment are seen suffering. An old woman is seen with leprosy, a man, desperate for piety is seen dying of an unknown illness, and several townspeople appear to be dying of starvation. The male narrator questions why Ariesieal would do such a thing, while the female narrator states that Ariesieal suffered great guilt over the suffering, and creates several devices to ease the pain.

The act's final focuses on a farmer who has lost his infant daughter to an unknown disease. Arisieal talks to Pluto, god of death, to spare the child, but he refuses. In compromise, Ariesieal creates a bell that allows the ringer to see a loved one again. The townspeople rejoice, as a band of Evangelists spread Roseafar's miracles and power of Ariesieal.

Act 2: After celebration, the towns people demand Ariesieal to come visit them. Two characters, Sir and Lady Roseafar are ordered to journey to find Ariesieal and bring it to the townspeople; despite both expressing misgivings. The two journey into the wilderness with nothing but a bottle of water and a loaf of bread.

Act 3: Lady and Sir Roseafar seperate, while deep in the Scottish wilderness. Both meet with Ariesieal. Ariesieal both listens to each of their opinions and guides them on what to convey to the towns people. However both characters die; leaving the townspeople silent for thirty days and night. Eventually the townspeople begin to resent Ariesieal and Sir and Lady Roseafar. As they continue waiting for Aramiseal and both Roseafars, the townspeople come to a revelation: Ariesieal will continually believe in them, regardless if it is physcially there.

Musically, SCP-XXXX differs dramatically from other baroque compostions. SCP-XXXX makes frequent usage of compositional techniques not seen during this time period. For example, the movement marked ' Sweet shoures of Roseafar' contains three instances of nested tuplets.²Nested tuplets are a modern compostional technique and are relatively unheard of in baroque music. SCP-XXXX appears to be composed in a proto-serialist method.³ This is notable due to serialism being a modern invention within modern music, as the technique has been dated to early 1923, by Arnold Schönberg; several centuries after SCP-XXXX was first composed. SCP-XXXX also makes use of non musical instruements, such as iron chains.

SCP-XXXX is scored for a very large orchestra, consisting of the following:

Instrumentation

Woodwind Section:

• 3 Oboes
• 2 English Horns
• 3 Clarinets
• 2 Bassoons
• 3 Flutes

Brass Section:

• 3 Horns
• 5 Trumpets
• Alto Trombone
• Tenor Trombone
• 2 Tubas.

Percussion Section:

• 3 Timpanis
• 2 Snare Drums
• 2 Bass Drums
• Cymbals
• Tam-Tams
• Triangle
• Iron Chains
• 2 Glockenspiels
• 2 Pianos
• 1 Celesta

String Section:

• 1 Harp
• 12 Violas
• 5 Double Basses
• 4 Cellos
• 22 Violins

Voices:

• Two Narrators (One Male, One Female. Roseafar Gaurdians)
• STAB Quartet (Soprano, Tenor, Alto, Bass. Evangelists)
• Tenor (Sir Roseafar)
• Soprano (Lady Roseafar)
• Mezzo-Soprano (Sick Woman)
• Tenor (Dying Man)
• Bass (Pluto)
• Contralto (Death)
• Children's Choir (First People of Roseafar)
• Bass (Wounded Man)
• Tenor (Dying Man)
• Mixed Choir (Roseafar People)

Addendum No. 3: Libertto

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Footnotes

1. An autonomous region in Scotland, with a history of anomalous civilians, structured and constructs.

2. A tuplet involves dividing the beat into a different number of equal subdivisions, which are determined by the time-signature. A nested tuplet is simply a tuplet inside od another tuplet.

3. Serialism refers to a method of composing consisting of a highly complex series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, and timbres.