Music in Shakespearean tragedy / F.W. Sternfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sternfeld, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1914-1994, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; 8.

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Tragedies ; VIII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Music.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--To 1625.

Music--16th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1963. <BR><BR>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 <EM>Hamlet, Othello</EM>, and <EM>King Lear</EM>. 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.

Contents:

Cover ; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication ; Table of Contents; Music Examples and Facsimiles; Illustrations; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations; Preface; I Tradition of Vocal and Instrumental Music in Tragedy; II The Willow Song; III Ophelia's Songs; IV Magic Songs; V Adult Songs and Robert Armin; VI Adult Songs from Hamlet to Othello; VII Blank Verse, Prose and Songs in King Lear; VIII Instrumental Music, Part One: Tamburlaine, Richard II, Troilus and Cressida; IX Instrumental Music Part Two: Stringed Versus Wind Instruments

X Retrospect of Scholarship on Shakespeare and MusicBibliography; Addenda; Index of Lyrics; Index of Person, Places, Plays, etc.; Index of Subjects

Notes:

First published in 1963 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 2, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-56916-2

0-415-61238-1

1-315-01867-5

1-136-56909-X

9781315018676

OCLC:

870590398