An Analysis of Selected Choral Works by Kirke Mechem: Music-Textual Relationships in Settings of Poetry of Sara Teasdale Page: 16
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THE WINDS OF MAY
The Tune
Let it be Forgotten
Over the Roofs
I Shall Not Care
Song
This unaccompanied choral cycle is a setting of five of Teasdale's poems from three
different publications. Over the Roofs, I Shall Not Care, and Song are found in the 1915
publication Rivers to the Sea, while the other two poems, Let it be Forgotten and The Tune
are found in the collections Flame and Shadow of 1920 and Dark of the Moon of 1926,
respectively. As is the case with other choral cycles written by Mechem, these pieces may be
performed as a complete set, but may also be performed equally well as individual pieces. This
study will investigate each piece chronologically, beginning with the earliest poems.
OVER THE ROOFS
Teasdale's poem Over the Roofs is actually a five part work, Mechem choosing the
fourth part for his choral cycle.
IV
Over the Roofs30
I said, "I have shut my heart
As one shuts an open door,
1630 Sara Teasdale, the Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale. (New York: Macmillan Company, 1940), 87.
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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/m1/20/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .