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THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GRADUATE COLLEGE AN ANALYSIS OF FOUR SONG SETTINGS OF SHAKESPEARE‘S POEM – “IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS” FROM AS YOU LIKE IT A DOCUMENT SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS By PAUL ALLEN WHITEHEAD Norman, Oklahoma 2021 AN ANALYSIS OF FOUR SONG SETTINGS OF SHAKESPEARE‘S POEM – “IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS” FROM AS YOU LIKE IT A DOCUMENT APPROVED FOR THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC BY THE COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF Dr. Leslie Flanagan, Chair Dr. Eugene Enrico Dr. Marvin Lamb Dr. David McLeod © Copyright by PAUL ALLEN WHITEHEAD 2021 All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ v ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. vii PURPOSE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................................. vii NEED FOR THE STUDY ...................................................................................................................... vii SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................... x METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ xii SURVEY OF RELATED LITERATURE .............................................................................................. xv CHAPTER I - WHO IS SHAKESPEARE?.................................................................................... 1 SHAKESPEARE IN HIS DAY ................................................................................................................ 1 SHAKESPEARE REFLECTED IN HIS WORK ..................................................................................... 6 SHAKESPEARE THE PERSON ............................................................................................................. 9 SHAKESPEARE AFTER HIS DEATH ................................................................................................. 10 CHAPTER II - POETIC ANAYLISIS OF “IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS” ................... 19 THE PLOT & STORYLINE OF AS YOU LIKE IT ................................................................................ 20 ACT I .................................................................................................................................................. 21 ACT II ................................................................................................................................................. 21 ACT III................................................................................................................................................ 21 ACT IV ............................................................................................................................................... 22 ACT V ................................................................................................................................................. 22 ROMANTIC ESSENCE ......................................................................................................................... 24 THE POETRY ........................................................................................................................................ 25 CHAPTER III - CHARLES H.H. PARRY (1848-1918) .............................................................. 33 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT .................................................................................................................... 33 “A SPRING SONG” ............................................................................................................................... 42 CHAPTER IV - RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) ............................................... 59 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT .................................................................................................................... 59 “IT WAS A LOVER” ............................................................................................................................. 69 CHAPTER V - ROGER QUILTER (1877-1953) ........................................................................ 85 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT .................................................................................................................... 85 “IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS” ................................................................................................. 94 CHAPTER VI - PETER WARLOCK (1894-1930) ................................................................... 110 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT .................................................................................................................. 110 “PRETTY RING TIME” ...................................................................................................................... 120 iv SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 137 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................... 139 Dissertations ................................................................................................................................ 140 Online Lectures ........................................................................................................................... 140 Web Pages ................................................................................................................................... 140 Periodicals ................................................................................................................................... 141 Books ........................................................................................................................................... 142 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. ms11-17. H.H. Parry. Intoduction. ................................................................................ 43 Figure 2. Polka Pattern. Grove Dictionary of Music. Polka. ........................................................ 44 Figure 3. ms1-2. H.H. Parry. Introduction. ................................................................................... 45 Figure 4. ms5-8. H.H. Parry. vs1. ................................................................................................. 45 Figure 5. ms2-5. Thomas Morley “It was a Lover and His Lass,” vs1. Tonic on G. ................... 47 Figure 6. ms5-8. H.H. Parry “A Spring Song,” vs1. G Major. ..................................................... 47 Figure 7. ms4-8. Thomas Morley “It was a Lover and His Lass.” vs1. ........................................ 48 Figure 8. ms6-8. H.H. Parry “A Spring Song.” vs1. ..................................................................... 48 Figure 9. ms12-23. Thomas Morley. “It was a Lover and His Lass,” First half of Refrain. ........ 49 Figure 10. ms11-17. H.H. Parry. “A Spring Song,” Refrain. ....................................................... 49 Figure 11. ms 15-18. H.H. Parry. Refrain. (Continued on pg. 51) ............................................... 50 Figure 12. ms5-8. H.H. Parry. vs1. ............................................................................................... 51 Figure 13. ms10-12. Thomas Morley Transition to Refrain. ........................................................ 53 Figure 14. ms10-18. H.H. Parry Transition to Refrain and Refrain. ............................................ 54 Figure 15. ms19-26. H.H. Parry. vs 3 of Shakespeare’s “It was a Lover and His Lass.” ............. 55 Figure 16. ms32-35. H.H. Parry. vs 3. .......................................................................................... 57 Figure 17. ms36-41. H.H. Parry. vs 3. .......................................................................................... 58 Figure 18. ms40-47. H.H. Parry. vs 3. .......................................................................................... 58 Figure 19. ms2-6. Vaughan Williams. vs 1 .................................................................................. 70 Figure 20. ms1-10. Vaughan Williams. vs1.. ............................................................................... 71 Figure 21. ms1-6. Vaughan Williams. .......................................................................................... 74 Figure 22. ms10-16. Vaughan Williams. ...................................................................................... 75 Figure 23. ms1-13. Vaughan Williams. ........................................................................................ 77 Figure 24. ms8-10. Vaughan Williams. ........................................................................................ 77 Figure 25. ms11-15. Vaughan Williams. Text Painting with Blocked chords, staccato. ............. 78 Figure 26. ms14-19. Vaughan Williams. vs3. Lowered 7th to change to Mixolydian .................. 80 Figure 27. ms23-31. Vaughan Williams ....................................................................................... 81 Figure 28. ms2-3. Morey, “It was a Lover and His Lass.” ........................................................... 82 Figure 29. ms23-25. Vaughan Williams, “It was a Lover.” ......................................................... 82