Shakespeare and music : afterlives and borrowings
"This is a study of the rich and diverse range of musical responses to Shakespeare that have taken place from the seventeenth century onwards. Written from a literary perspective, the book explores the many genres and contexts in which Shakespeare and his work have enjoyed a musical afterlife, discussing opera, ballet, and classical symphony alongside musicals and film soundtracks, as well as folk music and hip-hop traditions." "Taking as its starting point ideas of creativity and improvisation stemming from early modern baroque practices and the more recent example of twentieth-century jazz adaptation, this volume analyses the many ways in which Shakespeare's plays and poems have been re-worked by musical composers. It also places these cultural productions in their own historical moment and context." "This is a detailed study that will appeal to a wide readership from lovers of Shakespeare and classical music through to students of film and historians of the theatre."--Jacket
Adaptations
ix, 232 pages ; 23 cm
9780745632964, 9780745632971, 0745632963, 0745632971
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Acknowledgements viii Prelude 1 1 ‘All That Jazz’: Shakespeare and Musical Adaptation 11 2 Classical Shakespeares 29 3 ‘Shall we dance?’: Shakespeare at the Ballet 59 4 ‘Shakespeare with a contemporary musical twist’ 73 5 Shakespeare in the Opera House 96 6 Giuseppe Verdi and Benjamin Britten: Case Studies in Shakespearean Opera 112 7 Symphonic Film Scores 135 8 ‘You know the movie song’: Contemporary and Hybrid Film Scores 159 9 Contemporary Music and Popular Culture 182 Coda 194 Glossary of Musical Terms 198 Bibliography 202 Discography 214 Filmography 219 Index 221