Comparative Study of W.H.Auden's librettos and MacNeice's radiodramas

• Project/Area Number: 26580057
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Tsuji Masahiro 明治大学, 経営学部, 専任教授 (00188533)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: ラジオドラマ / リブレット / オーデン / マクニース / ストラヴィンスキー / デジタル化 / 草稿 / W．H．オーデン / バロック・オペラ / W.H.オーデン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Comparing the draft and finished edition of W.H.Auden's libretto and radio drama and MacNeice's radio drama, I also listened to the digitalised version of radio dramas because I think the music and sound used in the radio dramas is an essential element of the play. I found out that Auden taught Stravinsky intensively the versification of English poems before he composed The Rakes Progress. Auden was flexible when he wrote librettos indicating a stanza can be an aria or recitativo. MacNeice is less enthusiastic about music but he greatly appreciated Britten's contribution to his Dark Tower's success. He was very careful about the sound effect of the radio dramas.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 英文学およびイタリア文学におけるオペラ・リブレットの韻律と音楽表現の相関性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 辻 昌宏
  • Journal Title: 明治大学人文科学研究所紀要 Volume: 77 Pages: 99-134
  • NAID: 120005676960
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] オペラにおける魔女 (2015)
  • Author(s): 辻 昌宏
  • Journal Title: 明治大学教養論集 Volume: 505 Pages: 17-34
  • NAID: 120005844866
  • Open Access
• [Presentation] 『エリオガバロ』をめぐる２、３のこと (2016)
  • Author(s): 辻 昌宏
  • Organizer: オペラ・音楽劇研究所バロック・オペラ・ワーキング・グループ
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学３号館3-1115
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-08
• [Presentation] マクニースのイェイツ評価のゆらぎ（シンポジウム『イェイツと1930年代』） (2015)
  • Author(s): 辻 昌宏
  • Organizer: 日本イェイツ協会
  • Place of Presentation: 西南学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-07
• [Book] キーワードで読むオペラ/音楽劇研究ハンドブック (2017)
  • Author(s): 辻 昌宏（共著）
  • Total Pages: 450
  • Publisher: アルテス・パブリッシング