多明尼克‧阿簡多（Dominick Argento, b. 1927）為美國當代重要聲樂作曲家之一，其聯篇歌曲《六首伊莉莎白時代歌曲》（Six Elizabethan Songs）是受男高音好友狄維吉里歐（Nicholas Di Virgilio）委託，於 1958 年為高音及鋼琴而作，歌詞選自英國伊莉莎白時期五位詩人的抒情詩作，以多元的音樂手法譜曲，成為他最受歡迎的作品之一。 本文內容包含：美國二十世紀藝術歌曲之發展概況、作曲家阿簡多生平與其藝術歌曲創作風格、英國伊莉莎白時期文學背景與《六首伊莉莎白時代歌曲》各首詩作之詩人介紹、詩體分析，以及此聯篇歌曲音樂之分析、唱奏詮釋要點等等，最後綜合以上研究作出結論。希冀透過音樂與文學的同步了解，探究阿簡多如何藉音樂手法表達英文詩的音韻及意境，從而加深日後表演上的理解深度。

Dominick Argento (b. 1927) is one of the most distinguished vocal composers in America in the twentieth-century. His song cycle “Six Elizabethan Songs” was commissioned by tenor Nicholas Di Virgilio and written for high voice and piano in 1958. Argento selected six lyric poems from five Elizabethan poets’ works, and used diverse compositional methods to express the text. This set of songs continues to be one of his most popular vocal works.
This paper will discuss the following topics: an overview of American art song in the twentieth-century, the biography of Dominick Argento and his music style in art songs, literature in the Elizabethan Period in general, and the analysis of both music and poems, as well as suggestions for interpretating “Six Elizabethan Songs”. The purpose of this study is to explore how Argento made use of musical devices to express the English prosody and the artistic conception in six poems. Through such efforts, the author sincerely expects to perform the best of this set in the future.

（一）中文書籍

Ifor Evans。呂健忠譯。《英國文學史略》。台北：書林出版社，1995。

王春元。《伊莉莎白女王時期的英國》。台北：書林出版社，2000。

朱生豪譯。〈第十二夜〉，《莎士比亞全集》。台北：世界書局出版社，1996。

高東山。《英詩格律與賞析》。台北：台灣商務印書館，1991。

施康強譯。《莎士比亞：人間大舞台》。台北：時報文化出版社，1997。

陳美月。《英詩鑑賞入門》。台北：學習出版社，1989。

梁實秋。《英國文學史》第一冊。台北：協志工業叢書出版社，1985。

（二）西文書籍

Argento, Dominick. Catalogue Raisonné as Memoir: a Composer’s Life. MN:University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Bernard, Jonathan. The Cambridge History of American Music. ed. Nicholls David. UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

_______________, Grout, Donald J. and Palisca, Claude V. A History of Western Music. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

Carol, Kimball. Song: a Guide to Art Song Style and Literature. WI: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006.

Drabble, Margaret, The Oxford Companion to English Literature. UK: Oxford University Press, 1985.

Hattaway, Michael, ed., A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. UK: Blackwell Publisher Ltd., 2000. 114

Nicholls, David.The Cambridge History of American Music. UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Ongaro, Giulio, Music of the Renaissance. UK: Greenwood, 2003.

Randel, Don. Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. MA: Harvard University Press , 1996.

（三）西文期刊

Argento, Dominick. “The Matter of Text”. NATS Journal.(1988 April/March): 7-10.

Bambarger, Bradley. “Dominick Argento: the lyric, the literary, and a life in opera”. Eastman Notes (2013): 9-11.

Palmer, Virginia. “Opinions on Solo Vocal Literature”. Perspectives of New Music. 22 no.1/2 (Autumn, 1983- Summer, 1984): 632-634.

Sutcliffe, Helme James. “The Argento Papers”. Opera News 53 (November 1988): 14-15.

（四）學術論文

劉思妤。〈六首依莉莎白時代的歌曲〉之作品研究。東吳大學音樂研究所碩士論文，
2001。

陳欣怡。〈「吳爾芙的奇想樂章」－論美國當代作曲家阿爾堅多的聯篇歌曲《維吉
妮亞‧吳爾芙的日記摘選》之樂曲分析與詮釋〉。國立台灣師範大學音樂研究
所碩士論文，2006。

陳雅婷。〈多明尼克‧阿爾堅多《春之歌》之研究〉。國立中山大學音樂研究所碩士
論文，2009。

Hwang, Kyung-Hae. “Performance Practice Issues in Dominick Argento’s Six Elizabethan Songs”. University of California-Los Angeles, 1999.

Saya, Virginia. “The Current Climate for Musical Eclecticism as Reflected in the Operas of Dominick Argento”. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of 115 Music , 1987.

Sigal, Harriett. “The Concert Vocal Work of Dominick Argento: a Performance Analysis". New York University, 1983.

Smashey, R.Melinda. “The Relationship of the Piano Accompaniments to the Text and Vocal Lines in Dominick Argento’s From the Diary of Virginia Woolf”. Missouri-Kansas University, 1997.

（五）有聲資料

American Songs. Soprano: Barbara Bonney, Piano: André Previn.
Decca 455511. 1997, CD.

Dominick Argento Evensong: of Love and Angels. Soprano: Elizabeth Futral, Conductor: J. Reilly Lewis. Gothic G-49269. 2009, CD.

Songs of Innocence. Soprano: Jean Danton, Piano: Thomas Stumpf. Albany Music Distribution. MSVCD92006. 1997, CD.

（六）樂譜
Dominick Argento: Six Elizabethan Songs for high voice & piano, Boosey & Hawkes.