An Analysis of Selected Choral Works by Kirke Mechem: Music-Textual Relationships in Settings of Poetry of Sara Teasdale Page: I
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Bierschenk, Jerome Michael. An Analysis of Selected Choral Works by Kirke Mechem: Music-
Textual Relationships in Settings of Poetry of Sara Teasdale. Doctor of Musical Arts
(Performance), August 2003, 72 pp., 38 musical examples, references, 16 titles.
Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), American composer, has a musical output which includes a
variety of genres, the most prolific being choral music. This document examines selected choral
works by Mechem that are set to the poetry of Sara Teasdale (b. 1884, d. 1933). Included are
biographical sketches of Mechem and Teasdale. Selected choral works examined include
Christmas Carol (1969) SATB and guitar, The Winds of May, five movement choral cycle
(1965) SATB, Birds at Dusk, from the choral cycle Winging Wildly (1998) SATB, and Barter
(1995) SA, trumpet, piano 4-hands. Analysis of the poetry involved as well as musical attributes
and compositional techniques, including meter, form, harmonic structures, wordpainting,
rhythmic treatment and melodic characteristics are included in the discussion.
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Bierschenk, Jerome Michael. An Analysis of Selected Choral Works by Kirke Mechem: Music-Textual Relationships in Settings of Poetry of Sara Teasdale, dissertation, August 2003; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5533/m1/2/?q=%22choral%20works%22: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .