[Smt-talk] Looking for bad text settings

[Laurel Parsons]

Dear Justin,

Stravinsky's "Musick to Heare" from the *Three Shakespeare Songs* is
probably my favourite example of atrocious text-setting (though pitch-wise
it makes a great teaching piece). E.g.:

"[Downbeat rest] Musick TO heare"
"joy DEEE-lights IN joy"

and so on. Here's p. 1:

http://www.boosey.com/imagesw/print/Music/$wm1_0x700_$_9790060027239_mus.jpg

Look forward to seeing your final list!

Laurel Parsons

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Laurel Parsons, Ph.D.
Sessional Instructor, Music Theory
School of Music
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC
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E-mail: parsonsl at uvic.ca






On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Justin London <jlondon at carleton.edu> wrote:

> Dear collective wisdom,
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> For a unit on rhythm, meter, and text setting, I am on the looking for
> examples of especially awful text setting—that is, mis-matches between
> poetic scansion and the musical rhythm that are especially jarring or
> awkward.
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> While we will enjoy seeing these sent on the list, I promise also to
> produce a collated list—perhaps we can have a contest(!)
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> All best, and thanks in advance,
> Justin London
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