Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Shakespeare and music

Dear dwellers of the Realm,
after a few months of lurker-activity I'm back on the screen to ask again
for your help. A friend of mine is doing her thesis about Shakepeare's
influence on music (pop, rock, etc), but for the moment all she could find
is the beautiful "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits and a song by a Canadian
band called Rush.  Have you got any suggestion or any idea to find some
material?
Trusting your famous kindness and omniscience, I thank you all for the
attention.
Ciao,
    Claudia

 material?
Mi viene in mente Shakespeare's sister, The Smiths, da The World Won't
Listen, 1987.
E Romeo is bleeding, Tom Waits, da Blue Valentine, 1978.
Cerchero` ancora. Qualcosa su Cleopatra c'e` di sicuro, e su Otello, e...
Ah, avere un po' piu` di tempo!
ciao
Anna

 influence on music (pop, rock, etc)...
Miss Macbeth, Elvis Costello, da Spike, 1989
Vedrai che ne arriveranno altre, abbi fede
Anna

material?
Sting
Nothing like the sun
"My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun"
viene diretta diretta dal sonetto 135 di Shakespeare
(o era il 75?)
Saluti,
Peltio


Dear Anna, ti ringrazio tantissimo!
Ciao,
   Claudia, still trusting... :-)


Grazie mille, Peltio.
Ciao, Claudia
PS Nella mia raccolta è il sonetto 130

Ce lo sapevo, ce lo...
E' il 130.
E poi ci vuole un ' dopo mistress.
E poi la canzone č "Sister Moon"
Comunque nonostante ci sia una sola linea proveniente dal sonetto, ci
aggiungo quello che stinco ha scritto a proposito di Shakespeare:
I was accosted late one night on highgate Hill by a staggering drunk who
grabbed me by the lapels and, after tranquilizing me with his foul
breath, pointed to the moon which was swollen in its fullness and
demanded of me threateningly, "How beautiful is the moon?... How
beautiful is the moon?" he repeated.
Thinking quickly and not wishing for an early toxic death, I fixed him
with my eye and declaimed, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun."
Shakespeare is always useful I've found in calming down violent drunks
if only because it gives them the impression that you're crazier than
they are. "A good answer..." he said. "A good answer" as he set off on a
tack for Kentish Town like a listing Galleon.
Non c'entra un tubo con la musica e le canzoni. Lo so, ma visto che ho
fatto trenta errori, ...
Oh, ti interessa anche la classica? Perchč lě ne trovi a bizzeffe di
riferimenti a Shakespeare. Ad esempio con Prokopiev (?), Shostakhovic
(?), Williams, ed una manciata di opere varie..
saluti,
Peltio


Ciao e grazie ancora,
                        Claudia

 Shakepeare's influence on music (pop, rock, etc)
Ancora un paio: un pezzo dei Doors di ispirazione "amletica":
*Ode to L.A. while thinking of Brian Jones, deceased*. Dovrebbe essere in un
album intitolato Waiting for the Sun, ma non ne sono sicurissima.
Ho poi scoperto l'esistenza di un musical che č la versione rock
dell'Otello, andato in scena nel '70-'71 e con Jim Morrison protagonista,
dal titolo *Catch my soul*. Mi spiace non saperne di piů.
Ciao
Anna

 dal titolo *Catch my soul*. Mi spiace non saperne di piů.
Ho trovato questo:
http://liber.ithaca.edu/MARION?T=JACK+GOODS+CATCH+MY+SOUL
Ciao
Anna

 material?
*a Canadian band called Rush????*
The Rush ...I mean ...The Rush...one of the best bands of the Century!!!
(btw, which song?)
I've read that Dream Theater's "Pull Me Under" is somehow inspired by
Shakespeare, and at the end of the song (they say) you can hear a few words
from one of his works. At least that's what I've found on a DT's site,
'cause I can't understand a word of what the singers says at the end of that
song, the music being far too loud.
HTH
Janis
p.s. I'm going to check if I can find the URL fer ya.

 p.s. I'm going to check if I can find the URL fer ya.
Okay, here I am:
http://www.dreamtheater.net/faq-idx.htm
That's what it says:
6.3.4 What is "Pull Me Under" about?
The current explanation goes that it was inspired by Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
Prince Hamlet swore vengeance on King Claudius for murdering his father, the
former King, and then marrying his mother, still Queen. Hamlet's famous
Soliloquy was the passage in which the conflict in Hamlet's mind is
detailed, and the second verse of "Pull Me Under" coincides pretty
thoroughly with it. The very end of the song James can be heard singing this
line from Hamlet:
"Oh that this too, too solid flesh would melt."
Furthermore, after seeing the video, in an interview, Portnoy said "Who the
hell was that wolfman guy in the video anyway? We had written it based on
something else entirely." Portnoy noted that while Moore did not write "PMU"
about Hamlet specifically, he DID write "PMU" about what Hamlet was about.
Same themes, ideas, etc.
The no-brainer explanation can be found at
http://www.prognosis.com/gabbo/dt/dthamlet.html
.
ciao, Janis

Mi sembra che nessuno abbia parlato ancora del musical "West Side Story"
(basato su Romeo and Juliet).
Poi, negli anni 60, Cleo Laine ha registrato l'album "Shakespeare and
all that Jazz" che, se non vado errato, contiene "When Icicles Hang by
the Wall".
Mary
-- 
"I've read enough Shakespeare for one day", Tom said willfully.

I just remembered another musical (from the Fifties??): "Kiss me Kate",
based on Taming of the Shrew.
Mary
-- 
"It appears to be a small rodent," said Tom shrewdly.

 based on Taming of the Shrew.
<<It was released in 1953.
<<So di scoprire l'acqua calda ma ci sarebbero anche le opere liriche di
Verdi (Macbeth , Otello, Falstaff)
  Le allegre comari di Windsor di Wolff Ferrari ,Giulietta e Romeo di Gounod
e l'Otello di Rossini.Forse mi dimentico qualche altra opera lirica ma
proprio di oggi è la notizia che Sud Side Stori (la grafia è giusta )
di Roberta Torre è pronto per uscire nei cinema.
Il suddetto film è un musical sudista dove i protagonisti si chiamano
Giulietto e Romea (quest'ultima una prostituta nigeriana ).Il film e
ambientato a Palermo e ricalca la tragedia veronese cosi come la ricalcava
West side story.
Yours
Sal

 <<So di scoprire l'acqua calda ma ci sarebbero anche le opere liriche di
ALT! Aveva detto Rock e Pop, no? :)
ciao, Janis
p.s. che pero` il tuo post era interessante he hehe

 Mary
But is it Rock Music? ;-)
loki
 

 (btw, which song?)
Unfortunately I don't know the title, but I'll let you know as soon as I
find it out.
Anyway, thanks a lot for your information,
Claudia


Beh, si, opere liriche e musica classica sono escluse dalla ricerca, ma non
i musical (non avevo specificato bene, sorry).
Sal, grazie per le informazioni, e un grosso grazie anche a Mary e ad Anna.
Ciao,
   Claudia

 
No, it's etc.
Mary
-- 
"Trains charge those going to rock concerts", said Tom with a fanfare.

 Mary
LOL :-)
Loki


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