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本訳稿はChristopher Simpson (1605頃－1669) 著 The Division-Viol, or, The Art of PLAYING Ex tempore upon a GROUND. DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. EDITIO SECVNDA, London, 1665 のPart III "The Method of ordering Division to a Ground" より§7～§12(pp.42-56)の全訳である。

The purpose of this academic research is to analyse a declamation style of the Musorgsky's "the Nursery" songs focused on the pitch. It is said that Musorgsky's declamation changed entirely from 1869 to 1871. However, the past studies were concentrated and conducted on a rhythm or a note value and only few of them referred to a pitch. Therefore, we analyze the Musorgsky's declamation style based on experimental technique that compares the reading aloud with music scores. The result of comparison showed that the Musorgsky's declamation in the pitch also changed around 1870. The intonation applied in the songs composed from 1868 to early 1870 are much closer and similar to an intonation of spoken Russian language than the songs composed from latter 1870 to 1872.

本訳稿はChristopher Simpson (1605頃－1669) 著 The Division-Viol, or, The Art of PLAYING Ex tempore upon a GROUND. DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. EDITIO SECVNDA, London, 1665 のPart III "The Method of ordering Division to a Ground" より§13～§16(pp.57-61)の全訳である。

本訳稿はChristopher Simpson (1605頃－1669) 著 The Division-Viol, or, The Art of PLAYING Ex tempore upon a GROUND. DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. EDITIO SECVNDA, London, 1665 のPart III "The Method of ordering Division to a Ground" より§1～§6(pp.27-40)の全訳である。

This paper discusses the declamation of Mussorgsky's songs. Mussorgsky faithfully duplicated the intonation of Russian language for his music. I selected his 10 songs, and then compared the actual speech with those songs, at the point of those pitch and rhythm. I worked out the percentage which shows how close the song is to its speech, on the result of comparison. Those 10 songs selected from the initial, middle and last period of Mussorgsky's life. Then, I viewed changes in the declamation of Mussorgsky, by my experiment. The results of comparison, the degree of agreement on pitch between the speech and its song was higher and higher in process of time. However, the degree of agreement on rhythm wasn't so. In the middle period, the degree became higher, and in the last period, it became lower. In short, the aspect of Mussorgsky's declamation differs in a pitch and rhythm. Moreover, his declamation has different styles by a form of lyric -a verse or a prose.

The purpose of this academic research is to analyse a declamation style of the Musorgsky's "the Nursery" songs focused on the pitch. It is said that Musorgsky's declamation changed entirely from 1869 to 1871. However, the past studies were concentrated and conducted on a rhythm or a note value and only few of them referred to a pitch. Therefore, we analyze the Musorgsky's declamation style based on experimental technique that compares the reading aloud with music scores. The result of comparison showed that the Musorgsky's declamation in the pitch also changed around 1870. The intonation applied in the songs composed from 1868 to early 1870 are much closer and similar to an intonation of spoken Russian language than the songs composed from latter 1870 to 1872.

This paper discusses the declamation of Mussorgsky's songs. Mussorgsky faithfully duplicated the intonation of Russian language for his music. I selected his 10 songs, and then compared the actual speech with those songs, at the point of those pitch and rhythm. I worked out the percentage which shows how close the song is to its speech, on the result of comparison. Those 10 songs selected from the initial, middle and last period of Mussorgsky's life. Then, I viewed changes in the declamation of Mussorgsky, by my experiment. The results of comparison, the degree of agreement on pitch between the speech and its song was higher and higher in process of time. However, the degree of agreement on rhythm wasn't so. In the middle period, the degree became higher, and in the last period, it became lower. In short, the aspect of Mussorgsky's declamation differs in a pitch and rhythm. Moreover, his declamation has different styles by a form of lyric -a verse or a prose.