Honors Program
Fine and Performing Arts Honors
Date of Award
5-2017
Thesis Professor(s)
Karen Smith
Thesis Professor Department
Music
Thesis Reader(s)
Karen Smith, Scott Contreras-Koterbay, Jesse Graves
Abstract
The intention of this thesis is to describe the process of putting together a performance of a lecture recital on the song cycle Try Me, Good King: Last words of the wives of Henry VIII by modern composer Libby Larsen, and to conduct an in depth exploration of the characters of the first five wives of King Henry VIII of England. Each wife’s character will be investigated in relation to their roles in this song cycle which draws its’ text from the final words of these five women. Each wife’s character will be investigated from three perspectives, that of history, that of Libby Larsen, my own perspective (Morgan Tingle). The ultimate result will be a solid developed character for each wife that is the culmination of my studies portrayed by myself, soprano Morgan Tingle, in the final lecture recital.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Withheld
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Recommended Citation
Tingle, Morgan G., "“The Last Words of a King’s Wife”: an exploration of the characters of the wives of King Henry VIII of England through the Art song of Libby Larsen" (2017). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 354. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/354
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