Repertoire
Study Sheet
Complete this assignment on a separate sheet piece of paper for each piece
of music you are assigned. All assignments are due at the time of the studio
class just before mid-term break. Forms may be return to you to be revised with
a specific due date. Important: if an assignment is returned to you with a due date written
on it, you MUST turn in that assignment or else you will receive NO CREDIT for
it. Please type the answers for this assignment (except for item 7). For items
3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 you must write complete sentences. Spelling and
grammar will be considered.
Be sure to include your name, the date and the date music was assigned.
1. Title:
2. Composer:
3. Brief
biographical information on the composer (Dates, nationality, etc.):
4. Date of
composition (as precise as possible), also identify that musical period:
5. Author
of the text:
6. Dates
of the author:
7.
Write out the text,
word-for-word translation and phonetic transcription. If you need help with the
phonetic transcription or with the word-for-word translation, see the
following.
Coffin, Berton, Werner
Singer and Pierre Delattre. Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and
Arias. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1966-72.; Vol. 1: German and French, vol. 2: Italian. |
Glass, Beaumont. Schubert's Complete Song Texts: with International Phonetic Alphabet Transcriptions, Word for Word Translations and Commentary. Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle Publications, 1996. 2 volumes. ML54.6.S39 G52 |
Le Van, Timothy. Masters
of the French Art Song: Translations of the Complete Songs of Chausson,
Debussy, Duparc, FaurŽ & Ravel. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. ML54.6 .M33 2001 |
Phillips, Lois. Lieder:
Line by Line and Word for Word. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, ML54.6.P55 L5 1980 |
| On-line sources: www.ipasource.com, and www.recmusic.org/lieder |
What
else? Please tell the class if you find another helpful source.
After
consulting these sources, see me for more help. It is also a good idea to talk
to other students
CONSIDERING
THE TEXT:
8. Make comments about the text (form,
rhyme scheme, meter, etc.).
9. Is the text from a larger work? If
so, what is it?
10. Briefly summarize the text.
11. Is the music from a larger work? If so,
what is it and where does this piece fit into the larger work?
12. Describe the music in theoretical terms (form, meter,
key, tonality, interesting events within the music, modulations, surprising
chords, rhythmic figures, etc.).
CONSIDERING THR TEXT AND MUSIC TOGETHER:
13. How, in your opinion, does the music fit with the
text? (Note: ÒIt fits wellÓ is not
an acceptable answer.)