A Guide to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Two Vocal Duets: A History and Musical Analysis of His First Settings of Walt Whitman

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dc.contributor.advisorBailey, Walter B.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKing, Stephenen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAl-Zand, Karimen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCampana, Josephen_US
dc.creatorDeLoach, Marcusen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T20:55:52Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-08-25T20:55:52Zen_US
dc.date.created2014-05en_US
dc.date.issued2014-04-24en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2014en_US
dc.date.updated2014-08-25T20:55:52Zen_US
dc.description.abstractVaughan Williams composed the two duets, “The Last invocation” and “The Love-song of the Birds” for soprano, baritone, and violin with pianoforte (and string quartet ad lib.) in 1904. This study examines these two works, which were designed to be performed together, their origins, and the people and places associated with their premiere performances in Reading and London. It also discusses the biographies of the singing duo that premiered the work, Arthur Foxton Ferguson and Beatrice Spencer, and explores the Wagnerian influences in the music. Walt Whitman’s transcendental poetry, its appeal to Vaughan Williams, and the techniques by which the composer adapted and manipulated his chosen texts are discussed in detail. Through an examination of the various manuscript versions of the “The Love-song of the Birds” (all held in the British Library), the author proposes a chronology for the revisions of the work. Following its premiere performances, Vaughan Williams, and subsequently his wife Ursula after the composer’s death in 1958, suppressed Two Vocal Duets until 1996. This paper explores that suppression and argues why the materials, which were premiered in the same year as the song cycles The Songs of Travel and The House of Life, should now be published and made available to the public.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationDeLoach, Marcus. "A Guide to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Two Vocal Duets: A History and Musical Analysis of His First Settings of Walt Whitman." (2014) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76708">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76708</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/76708en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectRalph Vaughan Williamsen_US
dc.subjectWalt Whitmanen_US
dc.subjectArthur Foxton Fergusonen_US
dc.subjectBeatrice Spenceren_US
dc.subjectTwo vocal duetsen_US
dc.subjectVoiceen_US
dc.titleA Guide to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Two Vocal Duets: A History and Musical Analysis of His First Settings of Walt Whitmanen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMusicen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Musical Artsen_US
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