Where's that vocal entry? Metric and Hypermetric play in Benjamin Britten,

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1 Where's tht vocl entry? Metric nd Hyermetric ly Benjm Britten, Society or Music Theory 2015, St Louis Sturt Pul Duncn, Yle University 81 's entry usets the course o the round Grimes: Tune 1: Tune 2: Tune : Tune 4: ld Pull sweet ly, hs g nd hul Gut Young hs g nd hn' com lete ly, wy! uls nd Pck u You Know hs g nd cn uls nd net ly, Sell hul dis When I ound n creet ly uls shol hd g When He hd ld hs g nd ld g hs g nd EXAMPLE 1: Grimes's hyermetric disrution o the Borough's terlockg ourmesure ourtune hyermeter the scene "ld hs g"

2 Voice Horn dule vocl/horn meter: 2 4 The Dy's grown old; the t 5 g Sun Strg Section mixed strg meter: EXAMPLE 2: "Pstorl," Serende, mm 15, direct groug conlict Voice 1 Po EXAMPLE : "h my blcke Soule!" The Holy Sonnets o John Donne, mm 15 dule vocl meter: dislcement conlict between two ulses h my blcke Soule! now thou rt sum moned By sick nesse, WHERE'S THAT VCAL ENTRY? 2 STUPAULDUNCAN@GMAILCM

3 TUNE TUNE 1 TUNE 2 Borough members Timni dule hyermeter: Borough members dule hyermeter: Double Bss 80 ld 7 () 1m 2m 4m Pull 7 () 1m 2m 4m hs g nd Young hs g nd YouKnow hn' uls nd cn hs g nd ound uls nd n shol uls ld Pull hs g nd dule hyermeter: 7 () 1m 2m 4m Brg TUNE 4 sweet 4m ly, hul Gut com lete ly, wy! Pck EXAMPLE 4: Interly o the Borough's our tunes nd the direct hyermetric dislcement conlicts ormed u net ly Sell hul dis creet ly Brg wy! sweet ly, Ọ hul Gut com WHERE'S THAT VCAL ENTRY? STUPAULDUNCAN@GMAILCM

4 Grimes Tune 1: Mrs Sedley & Boles Tune 2: Nieces & Blstrode Tune : Auntie & Keene Tune 4: Tune 4 hul Brg him with hor ror! Brg him with wy, ter ror! hul And brg him with sor ld row! hs g nd hul 4 wy! Young hs g nd wy! hul 4 wy! 4 wy! Tune 4 You know hs g, You know hs g, nd ound, shol, nd otentil dule meter ound shol,? You Know, You Know hs ound wy EXAMPLE 5: Grimes's hyermetric terrution o the Borough's our tunes nd the direct hyermetric groug conlict ormed WHERE'S THAT VCAL ENTRY? 4 STUPAULDUNCAN@GMAILCM

5 (red) GRUP 1 Horns F Uer Strgs nd Woodwds (red) Lower Strg (red) GRUP 2 GRUP Keene Timni 2 Nieces Bol Auntie Mrs S Bl w EXAMPLE 6: Climx o "ld hs Fishg" WHERE'S THAT VCAL ENTRY? 5 STUPAULDUNCAN@GMAILCM

6 49 "Turn the skies bck nd be g g!" (reduction) Pe ter Grimes! ld hs g nd Young EXAMPLE 7: Grimes, Act III (ollowg Interlude V), Grimes's l rendition o "ld " Select Bibliogrhy Brett, Phili "Britten nd Grimes" Music nd Sexulity Britten, Selected Essys, ed George E Hggerty (Cliorni: University o Cliorni Press, 2006): 16 Cohn, Richrd Comlex Hemiols, SkiHill Grhs nd Metric Sces Music Anlysis 20, no (2001): Drmtiztion o Hyermetric Conlicts the Scherzo o Beethoven s Nth Symhony Neteenth Century Music vol 15, no (1992): 2240 Forrest, Dvid "Prolongtion the Chorl Music o Benjm Britten" Music Theory Sectrum 2, no 1 (2010): 125 Krebs, Hrold Fntsy Pieces: Metricl Dissonnce the Music o Robert Schumnn New York: xord University Press, 1999 Lerdhl, Fred nd Ry Jckendo A Genertive Theory o Tonl Music Cmbridge: MIT Press, 198 London, Just Herg Time: Psychologicl sects o Musicl Meter xord: xord University Press, 2012 Ml, Yontn Songs Motion: Rhythm nd Meter the Germn Lied xord: xord University Press, 2010 Mrk, Christoher Erly Benjm Britten: A Study o Stylistic nd Technicl Evolution New York: Grlnd, 1995 Mirk, Dnut Metric Mniultions Hydn nd Mozrt: Chmber Music or Strgs, xord University Press, 2009 Rurecht, Phili et l Rethkg Britten Edited by Phili Rurecht xord: xord University Press, 2012 Rurecht, Phili Britten's Musicl Lnguge Cmbridge: Cmbridge University Press, 2001 rll hs g nd You'll know who's g when you lnd the next (usi niene) shol! Pe ter Grimes! WHERE'S THAT VCAL ENTRY? 6 STUPAULDUNCAN@GMAILCM