2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Study of W.H.Auden's librettos and MacNeice's radiodramas
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26580057
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Meiji University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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| Free Research Field |
英文学、リブレット
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