Music in Shakespearean tragedy

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Music in Shakespearean tragedy

F.W. Sternfeld

(Routledge library editions, . Shakespeare . Tragedies ; 8)

Routledge, 2005, c1963

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA70973965
  • ISBN
    • 0415353270
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxii, 334 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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