Music in Shakespearean tragedy
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Music in Shakespearean tragedy
(Routledge library editions, . Shakespeare . Tragedies ; 8)
Routledge, 2005, c1963
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Note
Reprint. Originally published by Routledge and K. Paul, 1963
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-299) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1963.
When originally published this book was the first to treat at full length the contribution which music makes to Shakespeare's great tragedies, among them Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Here the playwright's practices are studied in conjunction with those of his contemporaries: Marlowe and Jonson, Marston and Chapman. From these comparative assessments there emerges the method that is peculiar to Shakespeare: the employment of song and instrumental music to a degree hitherto unknown, and their use as an integral part of the dramatic structure.
Table of Contents
1. Tradition of vocal and instrumental music in tragedy2. The Willow song3. Ophelia's songs4. Magic songs5. Adult songs and Robert Armin6. Adult songs from Hamlet to Othello7. Blank verse, prose and songs in King Lear8. Instrumental music, Part I9. Instrumental music, part II: stringed versus wind instruments10. Retrospect of scholarship on Shakespeare and music
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