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THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GRADUATE COLLEGE AN ANALYSIS OF SIX SONG SETTINGS OF SHAKESPEARE‘S ―WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL‖ FROM LOVE’S LABOUR'S LOST A DOCUMENT SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS By DAVID KARL OLSEN Norman, Oklahoma 2011 AN ANALYSIS OF SIX SONG SETTINGS OF SHAKESPEARE‘S ―WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL‖ FROM LOVE’S LABOUR'S LOST A DOCUMENT APPROVED FOR THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC BY _________________________________ Dr. Eugene Enrico, Chair _________________________________ Professor Kim Josephson, Co-chair _________________________________ Dr. Dolores Leffingwell _________________________________ Dr. Ken Stephenson _________________________________ Dr. Donald Maletz © Copyright by DAVID KARL OLSEN 2011 All Rights Reserved. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................v CHAPTER I - Introduction Purpose of the Study .........................................................................................1 Need for the Study ............................................................................................1 Scope and Limitations of the Study ..................................................................3 Method and Structure of the Study ...................................................................4 Survey of Related Literature ............................................................................5 CHAPTER II - The Poem Background on Shakespeare and Love's Labour's Lost .................................10 Analysis of "When Icicles Hang by the Wall" ...............................................15 CHAPTER III - The Songs Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778) 1. Information on the composer .........................................................24 2. "When Icicles Hang by the Wall" ..................................................28 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) 1. Information on the composer .........................................................41 2. "When Icicles Hang by the Wall" from English Lyrics .................45 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 1. Information on the composer .........................................................61 2. "When Icicles Hang by the Wall" from Three Songs from Shakespeare ....................................65 Roger Quilter (1877-1953) 1. Information on the composer .........................................................76 2. "When Icicles Hang" from Two Shakespeare Songs ......................80 Gerald Raphael Finzi (1901-1956) 1. Information on the composer .........................................................93 2. "Song of Hiems" from Music for "Love's Labour's Lost" ..............98 Dominick Argento (1927-pr.) 1. Information on the composer .......................................................112 2. "Winter" from Six Elizabethan Songs ..........................................116 CHAPTER IV - Conclusion Summary ......................................................................................................132 Recommendations for Further Study ..........................................................136 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................137 iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Parry, mm. 13-15 ........................................................................................18 Figure 2. Arne, mm. 9-10 ...........................................................................................19 Figure 3. Arne, mm. 22-23 .........................................................................................19 Figure 4. Vowel Chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet .................................21 Figure 5. Arne, mm. 1-3 .............................................................................................29 Figure 6. Arne, mm. 4-7 .............................................................................................30 Figure 7. Arne, mm. 9-10 ...........................................................................................31 Figure 8. Arne, mm. 12-13 .........................................................................................33 Figure 9. Arne, mm. 16-17 .........................................................................................34 Figure 10. Arne, mm. 20-21 .......................................................................................35 Figure 11. Arne, mm. 22-23 .......................................................................................35 Figure 12. Arne, mm. 23-25 .......................................................................................36 Figure 13. Arne, mm. 27-29 .......................................................................................37 Figure 14. Arne, mm. 30-33 .......................................................................................38 Figure 15. Arne, mm. 36-39 .......................................................................................39 Figure 16. Parry, mm. 1-2 ..........................................................................................47 Figure 17. Parry, mm. 3-4 ..........................................................................................48 Figure 18. Parry, mm. 5-7 ..........................................................................................49 Figure 19. Parry, mm. 11-12 ......................................................................................50 Figure 20. Parry, mm. 13-15 ......................................................................................52 Figure 21. Parry, mm. 16-17 ......................................................................................53 Figure 22. Parry, mm. 18-19 ......................................................................................53 Figure 23. Parry, mm. 20-23 ......................................................................................54 Figure 24. Parry, mm. 24-26 ......................................................................................55 Figure 25. Parry, mm. 28-29 ......................................................................................56 Figure 26. Parry, mm. 30-32 ......................................................................................57 Figure 27. Parry, mm. 33-34 ......................................................................................57 Figure 28. Parry, mm. 39-41 ......................................................................................58 Figure 29. Parry, mm. 52-54 ......................................................................................59 Figure 30. Vaughan Williams, mm. 1-4 .....................................................................67 Figure 31. Vaughan Williams, mm. 5-6 .....................................................................68 Figure 32. Vaughan Williams, mm. 6-8 .....................................................................68 Figure 33. Vaughan Williams, mm. 9-10 ...................................................................69 Figure 34. Vaughan Williams, mm. 11-12 .................................................................70 Figure 35. Vaughan Williams, mm. 15-18 .................................................................71 Figure 36. Vaughan Williams, mm. 19-21 .................................................................71 Figure 37. Vaughan Williams, mm. 22-28 .................................................................72 Figure 38. Vaughan Williams, mm. 31-32 .................................................................73 Figure 39. Vaughan Williams, mm. 37-39 .................................................................73 Figure 40. Vaughan Williams, mm. 51-56 .................................................................74 Figure 41. Quilter, mm. 1-7 .......................................................................................82 v Figure 42. Quilter, mm. 8-9 .......................................................................................83 Figure 43. Quilter, mm. 9-12 ...................................................................................84 Figure 44. Quilter, mm. 13-15 ...................................................................................85 Figure 45. Quilter, mm. 15-18 ...................................................................................86 Figure 46. Quilter, mm. 19-21 ...................................................................................87 Figure 47. Quilter, mm. 21-27 ...................................................................................88 Figure 48. Quilter, mm. 28-35 ...................................................................................89 Figure 49. Quilter, mm. 69-76 ...................................................................................91 Figure 50. Finzi, mm. 1-13 .........................................................................................99 Figure 51. Finzi, mm. 74-78 .....................................................................................101 Figure 52. Finzi, mm. 79-82 .....................................................................................102 Figure 53. Finzi, mm. 83-86 .....................................................................................103 Figure 54. Finzi, mm. 87-90 .....................................................................................104 Figure 55. Finzi,