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GR.-\DU.A'I'E RECI'NJJ 2:N VOJC.!l;
a:rtistic pc::·fo:':'mance r·resented in partial
satj.sfl3 ct..ion o;:· thr:: :reqirements fo:>.' t.n~ degree
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o:f Na.ster of Arts in Music
by
Harvey HnJ.ter i}urrett
Music Departmen'ti
SAN li~'ERNANDO VALL:CY STATE COLLEGB
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California
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2·an Fel':''lll.tldo ValJ.e::;
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M<.!y ~ 19'71
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ABSTHACT
G!\ADUATE RECITAL IN VOICE
By
Harvey 'dal ter Durrett
IVI.astel' of Arts in Nusic
!>wy, 1971
Ass:tst~::!d
E.:li~~alH:tllrm
by Carol Roberts, Pi1:mo
J../J.te Songs
Never Weather-bee.tem Sa.ile
In Dark.nesse Let
If !V.fy Complaints
f>'l•~e
D..:ell
'l'homa.s Carnpia.n
(1567-1620)
Jo.i:m Do117la..'1d
(1562~.1626)
Ludwig van Beethoven
<1 no-1 e~n)
A Cycle Of S:-i.x S.cngs
L~rrHmt.o
eli l''<:derico from
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.Arlesiana
3 Poesie l')er::ia.ne
Au Pord de l'Eau
Po<~;n.s
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'~~t(L t
Sol·netir,j0~:3
Look
Dcr>~np
vlhi t:nan
:.)::.:t.t.t One: I Love
F'id:r. ;;t:;,(:-n
Glidi~g O'er All
RecQnc:iJ 'ir.... ~;:L:m.
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( 1866·-1950)
Fr<;.ncesco SantoliquJ.i.kl
Gabriel l"c.uy-e
Selec l~e1 Scngs
J!'ive
Francesco C1lea
( 18i~5-192!+)
Ned Rcn"em
In the selection of vocal literature for this recital,
ob.j~?.ctive
the
was to choose music representative of several
style periods.
'l'he result was a divergence o:f. poetic styles
wi t.h equally divergent pn")blems of poetic interpretation.
There are few mueical
Songs.
problemF~·:;;.n
the Elizabethan Lute
These songs are a product ot the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, an era when a certain level of musical
proficiency 1::as required of any learned person.
The ability
t,o zing or play e.n instrument >•ras considered a necessity as
one was· exp2ct.ed to participate i:n the musicales follc\':tng
the dinner hour.
'fhe I"ute Songs recapture the spiri·t a..nd
mo>>d of the times.
The:i.r cha1•:n lies in the natural compll.ment
between the voice and the lute.
'Ihe
sentimen~~
of love is pre:;;t:mt in the texts o:f all the
musi<"• of" thifl !':::!Ci tal..
·oy
c·::xnposor~:~
1ove has been favored
The sub,ject.
:for texts throughout the histo:-:'Y of secular song.
'Ine Lute .:..':mgs \.;r<.:re quite frequently
his misfcrtuae in unn.!qui ted love.
~nd
the Pjv,:;
n0:1e
}:-·o~:ms
lover's c.or::pl;;:int at
Tl:1e texts of the
Ea.ch grml-:J of son[;i> .tas i·ts
m~n
~r.1i :.e
Poems of W<d t
so u11ique
1:i.nc~s,
~LE.C:~~sie
of 1tlalt l'initman with the love of humanity.
in contr<u.d:,
vocal
t:i
111:\. th
set of problems, however,
\•thitm~:.m.
'rhe
Rorern' s independent
bet-ween pbrr,.sea (this compoai tiona.l device is used in the
other SOllf;s, but not as exi;ensively) and an unaccompanied
begir:ming t;o the last song.
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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY STATE COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
presents
';it~
71/a/tett,
'Z)IIIt!U!tt, 7e.M
Assisted by Carol Roberts, Piano
Saturday, May 8, 1971
Recital Hall
4:00 p.m.
-PROGRAM-
ELIZABETHAN LUTE SONGS
Never weather-beaten Saile ............................................................Thomas Campian
(1567-1620)
In darknesse let me dwell ...............................................................•....John Dowland
(1562-1626)
If my complaints ....................................................................................John Dowland
(1562-1626)
John Scammon, Guitar
AN DIE FERNE GELIBTE, OPUS 98 ........................ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1no-1827)
LAMENTO Dl FEDERICO from L'ARLESIANA ............•....... FRANCESCO CILEA
(1866-1950)
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THREE POESIE PERSIANE ...................................... FRANCESCO SANTOLIQUIDO
(1883)
SELECTED SONGS...............................•...•..........................................GABRI EL FAURE
(1845-1924)
Au Bord de I'Eau
Mai
Chanson D'Amour
FIVE POEMS OF WALT WHITMAN ...............................•..•....................•NED ROREM
(1923)
Sometimes With One I Love
Look Down, Fair Moon
Gliding O'er All
Reconciliation
Gods
*In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the Master of Arts degree