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''At the Boar's Head'' is an opera in one act by the English composer Gustav Holst, his op. 42. Holst himself described the work as "A Musical Interlude in One Act". The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare's ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and ''Henry IV, Part 2''. ==Development== Holst devised the idea for this opera in 1924, whilst convalescing from an illness. During this period, he alternated between reading ''Henry IV, Part I'' and an edition of John Playford's ''The English Dancing Master'', as well as folk melodies collected by Cecil Sharp and others. Holst noticed that the rhythm and metre of Shakespeare's lines matched the tunes in the Playford, as well as the tunes that Sharp and others had collected. He then decided to set a number of those melodies to a story assembled from episodes set at the Boar's Head Inn from the two parts of ''Henry IV''. Three of the melodic passages are original, including a recitative for Prince Hal and a setting for the sonnets.〔〔Julie Sanders, "Falstaff and English Music", from ''Shakespeare Survey 60'' (Peter Holland, editor). Cambridge University Press (2007; ISBN 978-0-521-87839-5), pp. 191–192.〕 Otherwise, Holst devised his score from reworking the collected folk tunes. Imogen Holst summarised the folk tunes which her father used in the score as follows: * John Playford, ''The English Dancing Master'': 28 country dance tunes * Cecil Sharp, published editions: 4 morris tunes, 1 traditional country dance * Chappell, ''Popular Music of the Olden Time'': 3 ballads * G.B. Gardiner, manuscript collection: 2 folksongs 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「At the Boar's Head」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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