Shakespeare And Music
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
1 online resource (297 pages)
9781408143674, 1408143674
1027485061
Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF 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; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y