This is a Prelude I wrote when I was 16. It is set to a poem I wrote at the time about a fox emerging to hunt after the rising of the full moon over a bleak forested setting. A particular reason I chose the character of a fox is because my middle name (Todd) means Fox and, as such, I hold quite a love for the clever, sleek, red-coated hunters. I specifically wrote it inspired by Dante Rizzo - a fictional villain in a book series my sister and I are together writing. Even so, however, the piece itself stands alone as a reflection of the mysterious and the sinister, expressing emotions of fear, rage, and dramatic triumph through a story about a helpless prey and a clever fox.
This piece, in particular, takes the form of a waltz. It is set in G-Minor, a key signature I notoriously use to paint pictures of the sinister and villainous. While composing this, I paid much attention to painting a vivid image of the poetry through the music. I therefore invite you, dear reader, to read the poetry as I preform.

I. Prelude
Lower the dazzling sun vanishes,
With a rising moon of ghostly dread, as the night beasts emerge for a meal,
(Enter the “Fox’s Theme”)
Further the dreaded fox ravishes,
Boasting a coat of fiery red, as he hunts with a mind of sharpened steel,

Hunter and Prey alike want him dead,
But the beast evades all sight,
Helpless they are to escape their end,
Before the red fox of the night,

(Enter the “Prey theme”; previously heard motifs begin to wander like animals wandering
through the dark woods)
The innocent fowl may feel at ease,
But the Shadows hide a dreadful beast,
The helpless prey may see only trees,
Before the sudden growl makes him freeze,

(The music crescendos)
Away bolts the frantic prey,
The fox breaks into a chase,
The bird cannot avoid the assured way,
He can only stumble into the fox’s embrace,