Author: Benjamin

Lyrics for the other 6 months of perfumes and purification in the House of Women

Revivifying the body and the soul
And purifying our being till its whole

WOMEN:
Sweet smelling spices
Tenderly apply
till the fragrance rises
Spiriting the king’s eye

Revivifying the body and the soul
And purifying our being till its whole

Songwriting Updates on our Esther Musical

Mordecai’s Request to Eunuch Guarding the House of Women (Esther 2)

Day after day
Thought after thought
Feeling after feeling
These times have so wrought

My fellow sir
Trusted consort
What’s the situation?
I need a report!

Rough Sketch of Curtains in Esther 1:6

There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings fastened to silver rods, with cords of fine linen and purple

Esther 1:6

And this was what he drew for me, which I couldn’t find anywhere else on the net:

Wrote an interaction between Mordecai and a eunuch outside the House of Women

EUNUCH
I guess sir, you are wondering ‘bout Esther
cause every day you come around
well, yesterday, she was getting the best first-rate
of royal food that’s suited for the crown

MORDECAI
Are you certain of this thing you say?

EUNUCH
Yes I’m sure of that, Mordecai

MORDECAI
So she’s treated well and she’s okay?

EUNUCH
I would think so yes, Mordecai

MORDECAI
When will the new queen come to rise?

EUNUCH
Not sure, but I hope she will be wise

Random thought: What if King Xerxes were played by Ramin Karimloo?

Planning – Characters, Cast, and Vocal Parts

The only solo female characters so far seem to be Esther and Zeresh (Haman’s wife), and most of the other females will be in the ensemble.

Therefore, I will see if I can give more SOLO verses to Esther’s servants and other females in/within… the House of Women, the king’s servants, the people at king’s gate, and the Jews.

Another idea is to write more female vocals in the music like instruments.

• Esther
• Mordecai
• King
• Haman
• Harbona
• Zeresh
• Hegai
• Bigthan
• Teresh
• Shaashgaz
• Hattach
• King’s reader quartet
  • reader 1 – soprano
  • reader 2 – soprano
  • reader 3 – alto
  • reader 4 – bass
• King’s servants
• People at king’s gate
• Scribes
• Jews
• Esther’s servants
  1. Servant
  2. Servant
  3. Servant
  4. Servant
  5. Servant
  6. Servant
  7. Servant
• House of Women
  1. Woman
  2. Woman
  3. Woman
  4. Woman
  5. Woman
  6. Woman
  7. Woman
• Eunuchs
  1. Biztha
  2. Mehuman
  3. Bigtha
  4. Abagtha
  5. Zethar
  6. Carcas
  7. (Harbona already listed above)
• Seven princes of Persia and Media
  1. Carshena
  2. Shethar
  3. Admatha
  4. Tarshish
  5. Meres
  6. Marsena
  7. Memucan
• Haman’s friends and wise men
  1. Sage
  2. Sage
  3. Sage
  4. Sage
  5. Sage
  6. Sage
  7. Sage

Finalizing parts for singers

Need to complete lyrics and melody for House of Women song ASAP so I don’t keep female singers waiting.

Arranging the harmony for a stanza in “Sage Advice”

Lyrics for the beginning of Esther chapter 2

VERSE: Esther 2:1 After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her;

LYRICS:

KING:
Oh my former queen, oh Vashti
Is there one more excellent than she?
But she failed to heed the king’s command
so she’s gone, this thing we understand