An outward show : music for Shakespeare on the London stage, 1660-1830
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An outward show : music for Shakespeare on the London stage, 1660-1830
（Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 27）
Greenwood Press, 1992
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Bibliography: p. [289]-310
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From 1660 through approximately 1830, the alteration of Shakespearean texts to comply with contemporary dramaturgy was a normal occurrence, and the need to adapt Shakespeare to popular tastes generated music quite different in style, function, and influence from that envisioned by the Elizabethan playwright. Shakespeare's plots and poetry were updated, and the role of music elevated. The musical repertoire created for this transfigured Shakespeareana represents the staggering variety of music on the English stage and shows the effect of Continental musical influences, especially Italian opera and ballad opera.
Proceeding chronologically, this book discusses music used in Shakespeare productions on the London stage during the 170-year period following the Restoration. Included are settings of Shakespeare's song lyrics, other original texts, and added non-Shakespearean texts, as well as incidental music, masques, operas and afterpieces based on the plays. Source materials documenting the arguments include manuscript scores, the extant music printed in play texts, and contemporary commentary from advertisements, criticism, playbills, and memoirs and correspondence. An appendix summarizes information about important productions and source materials in a series of charts cross-referenced to the extensive bibliography. Numerous musical examples illustrate the text, and scores of Shakespearean music by Arne, Boyce, Leveridge, Vernon, Weldon, and others are reprinted. Theater historians as well as music historians working in this period will find this book a valuable resource, as will theater practitioners interested in period productions.
Table of Contents
Prologue Shakespeare Reinvented: Shakespeare Music in the Restoration, 1660-1695 Shakespeare in Eclipse: Shakespeare Music in the Age of Italian Opera, 1695-1720 Shakespeare Rediscovered: Shakespeare Music in the Age of Ballad Opera, 1720-1750 Shakespeare Ascendant: Shakespeare Music in the Age of Garrick, 1750-1770 Shakespeare Deified: Shakespeare Music Enters the Romantic Era, 1770-1830 Epilogue Appendices :A Collection of Shakespearean Music Settings of Shakespearean Texts by Thomas Arne Production Charts and Scene Analysis Tables Selected Bibliography Index of Musical Scores and Examples Subject Index
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