| Description |
xi, 259 p. |
| Series |
Continuum Shakespeare studies
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Music to hear": the scope of Shakespeare's musical imagery -- "By the sweet power of music": consonance and harmony -- "And doleful dumps the mind oppress": passionate words -- "A delightful measure or a dance": dance music -- "Braying trumpets and loud churlish drums": the music of war -- "A rhyme is but a ballad": popular song -- "Suppose the singing birds musicians": birdsong -- "Orpheus with his lute": symbolic persons -- "Gamut I am, the ground of all accord": music theory and pedagogy -- "A thousand twangling instruments": art and country instruments -- "A swanlike end, fading in music". |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Music.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Music in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1847064957 |
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9781847064950 |
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9781441188472 (electronic bk.) |
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