[Smt-talk] Looking for bad text settings

[Leigh VanHandel]

I've always been struck by Alanis Morrissette's "Uninvited" -- it seems to be an important element of the song, because she does it over and over again. I'm listing just the lines of the song where I hear them most clearly below:

http://youtu.be/uvgi7P97lu0



I am flatTERED by your fascination with me

I have simPLY wanted an object to crave

An unforTUNate slight

Must be somewhat hearTENing

To watch shePARD meet shepard (<--- this line is particularly interesting because she changes the accent pattern on the word "shepard" in the same line!)

An unforTUNate slight

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Dr. Leigh VanHandel
Associate Professor of Music Theory
Music Theory Area Chair
Michigan State University
lvh at msu.edu



On Aug 20, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Justin London 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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