Shakespeare and music
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Shakespeare and music
（The Arden Shakespeare, . The Arden critical companions）
Arden Shakespeare, 2006
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Arden critical companions
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Includes index
Bibliography: p. 271-275
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9781903436189
Description
This unique and comprehensive study examines how music affects Shakespeare's plays and addresses the ways in which contemporary audiences responded to it. David Lindley sets the musical scene of Early Modern England, establishing the kinds of music heard in the streets, the alehouses, private residences and the theatres of the period and outlining the period's theoretical understanding of music. Focusing throughout on the plays as theatrical performances, this work analyzes the ways Shakespeare explores and exploits the conflicting perceptions of music at the time and its dramatic and thematic potential.
Table of Contents
Preface References and Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction Part One: Music in Shakespeare's Time Chapter One: Musical Theory Chapter Two: Music in Practice Part Two: Music in Shakespeare's Plays Prelude Chapter Three: Instrumental Music and Dance Chapter Four: Song Chapter Five: Musical Thematics: Twelfth Night and The Tempest Appendix: Glossary of musical instruments Select Bibliography Index
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: hbk ISBN 9781904271710
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Music permeates Shakespeare's plays. This comprehensive study explores the variety of its theatrical functions, situating them in the context of the Early Modern period's understanding of music.From the trumpet calls which animate the battle scenes of the histories and tragedies to the songs which inflect the moods of the comedies and romances, Shakespeare experiments throughout his career with music's potential to contribute to the effect of his dramas. David Lindley sets the musical scene of Shakespeare's England, outlining the period's theoretical understanding of music and discussing the experience of music heard in the streets, alehouses, private residences, courts and theatres, which an audience brought with them to the Globe and Blackfriars. Music could be praised as a symbol of divine and political harmony, or vilified as an incitement to lust and effeminacy; it could heal and cure, or fuel drunken rebellion. Focusing throughout on the plays as theatrical events, this work analyzes Shakespeare's dramatic and thematic exploitation of these conflicting perceptions of music.
Table of Contents
Preface References and Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction Part One: Music in Shakespeare's Time Chapter One: Musical Theory Chapter Two: Music in Practice Part Two: Music in Shakespeare's Plays Prelude Chapter Three: Instrumental Music and Dance Chapter Four: Song Chapter Five: Musical Thematics: Twelfth Night and The Tempest Appendix: Glossary of musical instruments Select Bibliography Index
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