An Analysis and Interpretation of E.Dickinson poems composed by Jake Heggie:Songs for Soprano K.Kanawa and R.Fleming

• Main Authors: Chien, Chu Chun, 簡竹君
• Other Authors: CHANG, LIN-LIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67626741829465921501

碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 音樂學系 === 104 === The histonical development of American art songs began from 17th century while the European immigrants moved to North America. The singing art cultivated from the elements of hymn, European music and native black culture. Based on these influences, the American composers have been striving for making their own cultural sound which is the American musical style. In 19th century, with the prosperity of American literature, the ideological trend of Romanticism became the major philosophy in thinking, one of the symbolic poets is Emily Dickinson. Her hermit life and unique writing skills found her a legendary image. She kept more than seventeen hundred poems that attracted many composers to write songs with these poems. The contemporary American composer Jake Heggie is one of the capativated musicians. This study contains six voacl works of Heggie. One is a suite《Newer Every Day》 within 5 songs dedicated to soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. The other is〈I shall not live in vain〉chosen from Heggie’s song collections《The Faces of Love》volume one is dedicated to soprano Renée Fleming. All six songs will discuss in-depth for the aspects of poetry and music that including three sections: first, the brief history of the development of the American art song and the composer's life and his musical style; secondly, the influence of American Romanticism Era to the poet and her poetic style; lastly acclaming two remarkable sopranos and the analysis and interpretation of the selected poems and art songs.