Music on the Shakespearian stage
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Music on the Shakespearian stage
（Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : pbk
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1913
Bibliography: p. [110]-111
Includes index
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Description
George H. Cowling (1881-1946), Lecturer in English at the University of Leeds and subsequently Professor of English at Melbourne, wrote this study as his dissertation, inspired by his own love of music. He shows what kinds of music were used on the Elizabethan stage, and explains where in the theatre, at which point during the plays and with which instruments and personnel the music was performed. He also assesses what both songs and incidental music contributed to the meaning and the performance of Shakespeare, going back to examine the roots of dramatic music in the use of religious music in the medieval Mystery plays. He offers a lively and approachable introduction to the subject that provides a way into the field of early modern music in the theatre, and a foundation for more detailed critical work.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Music in pre-Shakespearian drama
- 2. An Elizabethan stage and its music
- 3. Musical instruments and their uses
- 4. Incidental music
- 5. Musicians, singers and songs
- 6. Elizabethan music, and its share in the drama
- 7. Some literary allusions to music in Elizabethan plays
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- Index.
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