Shakespeare’s Musical Imagery

AvChristopher R. Wilson

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Beskrivning

Music pervades Shakespeare'swork. In addition to vocal songs and numerous instrumental cues there arethousands of references to music throughout the plays and many of the poems.This book discusses Shakespeare's musical imagery according to categories definedby occurrence in the plays and poems. In turn, these categories depend on theirearly modern usage and significance. Thus, instruments such as lute and violdeserve special attention just as Renaissance ideas relating to musicalphilosophy and pedagogical theory need contextual explanation. The objective isto locate Shakespeare's musical imagery, reference and metaphor in itsimmediate context in a play or poem and explain its meaning. Discussion andexplanation of the musical imagery suggests a range of possible dramatic andpoetic purposes these musical references serve.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-11-03
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441188472
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:Continuum Shakespeare Studies

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Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
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Mer om författaren

Christopher R.Wilson is Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Hull, UK. He has published on English music/words topics from the late medieval period to the 20th century.

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'Wilson's contribution is to catalog the "over 200 references to music and nearly 400 musical terms in Shakespeare's works"; he explains their meanings and explores their possible dramatic, poetic, and symbolic functions...This well-grounded study includes 414 notes and more than 15 pages of bibliography.'-Choice Magazine

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and Acknowledgements \ Introduction: 'Music tohear':Thescope of Shakespeare's musical imagery \1. 'By the sweet power ofmusic': Consonance and harmony \2. 'And doleful dumps themind oppress': Passionate words\ 3. 'A delightful measureor a dance': Dance music \4. 'Braying trumpets and loud churlish drums':The music of war\ 5.'A rhyme is but a ballad': Popular song \6. 'Suppose the singingbirds musicians': Birdsong\ 7. 'Orpheus with hislute': Symbolic persons\ 8. 'Gamut I am, the groundof all accord': Music theory and pedagogy \ 9.'A thousand twanglinginstruments': Art and country instruments\ Epilogue: 'A swanlike end,fading in music'\ Bibliography \Index