Music in Shakespearean Tragedy

Informationen zum Autor F W Sternfeld Zusammenfassung 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: F W Sternfeld
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.12.2010
• EAN: 9780415612388
• ISBN: 978-0-415-61238-8
• No. of pages: 370
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, REFERENCE / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Literature & literary studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies