<div dir="ltr">Dear Justin,<div><br></div><div>Stravinsky's "Musick to Heare" from the <i>Three Shakespeare Songs</i> is probably my favourite example of atrocious text-setting (though pitch-wise it makes a great teaching piece). E.g.:</div>
<div><br></div><div>"[Downbeat rest] Musick TO heare"</div><div>"joy DEEE-lights IN joy"</div><div><br></div><div>and so on. Here's p. 1:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.boosey.com/imagesw/print/Music/$wm1_0x700_$_9790060027239_mus.jpg">http://www.boosey.com/imagesw/print/Music/$wm1_0x700_$_9790060027239_mus.jpg</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Look forward to seeing your final list!</div><div><br></div><div>Laurel Parsons</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div>Laurel Parsons, Ph.D.<div>Sessional Instructor, Music Theory</div>
<div>School of Music</div><div>University of Victoria</div><div>3800 Finnerty Road</div><div>Victoria, BC<br></div><div>V8P 5C2</div></div><div><br></div><div>E-mail: <a href="mailto:parsonsl@uvic.ca">parsonsl@uvic.ca</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Justin London <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jlondon@carleton.edu" target="_blank">jlondon@carleton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>While we will enjoy seeing these sent on the list, I promise also to produce a collated list—perhaps we can have a contest(!)</div><div><br></div><div>All best, and thanks in advance,</div><div>Justin London</div>
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<div>*************************************************</div><div>Justin London</div><div>Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton College</div><div>Department of Music</div><div>One North College St.</div><div>Northfield, MN 55057 USA</div>
<div><a href="tel:%2B1%20507-222-4397" value="+15072224397" target="_blank">+1 507-222-4397</a></div><div><br></div><div>Affiliated Researcher, <i>Centre for Music and Science, </i>University of Cambridge</div><div>Fulbright Professor (2014), University of Jyväskylä, Finland</div>
<div><a href="mailto:jlondon@carleton.edu" target="_blank">jlondon@carleton.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></span><br></div></span><br></div></span><br></div></span><br></div></span><br></div></span><br></span><br>
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