| Description |
1 online resource (x, 317 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; [v. 45] |
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Eastman studies in music ; v. 45
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| Contents |
Romeo and Juliet. The Veronese social code -- The code of love -- Love against language -- The afterlife of Romeo and Juliet -- La lance branlée : French opinions of Shakespeare -- Berlioz in the plural -- Roméo et Juliette : introduction -- Roméo et Juliette : the symphony -- Roméo et Juliette : the opera resumes -- Macbeth. Shakespeare's random -- Magic as theft -- Prophesying -- Squinting at consequences -- Macbeth's children -- Macbeth as an actor -- Two theatres -- Witches amok -- Sortileges of speech -- Lady Macbeth as witch -- Time slips -- La sonnambula -- A midsummer night's dream. Cosmicomedy -- The picture of cupid -- Depictorializing cupid -- Cupid's wax -- The tedious brief scene -- Other dreams in other summers : the aesthetic of the masque -- Purcell's The fairy queen -- Lampe's Pyramus and Thisbe -- Experimenters : Mendelssohn and Korngold -- Britten's A midsummer night's dream |
| Summary |
In this book, Daniel Albright, one of today's most intrepid and vividly communicative explorers of the border territory between literature and music, offers insights into how composers of genius can help us to understand Shakespeare. 'Musicking Shakespea |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Roméo et Juliette.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Midsummer night's dream.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Macbeth (Verdi, Giuseppe) fast |
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Midsummer night's dream (Britten, Benjamin) fast |
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Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz, Hector) fast |
| Subject |
Music and literature.
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Opera.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
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Music and literature
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Opera
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781580466929 |
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1580466923 |
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1282080687 |
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9781282080683 |
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