Shakespeare's musical imagery
By: Christopher R. Wilson
Series: Continuum Shakespeare studies; Continuum Shakespeare studies
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781847064950
Subjects: Music in literature; Music; Criticism and interpretation; Knowledge
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Music to hear": the scope of Shakespeare's musical imagery; title: "By the sweet power of music": consonance and harmony; title: "And doleful dumps the mind oppress": passionate words; title: "A delightful measure or a dance": dance music; title: "Braying trumpets and loud churlish drums": the music of war; title: "A rhyme is but a ballad": popular song; title: "Suppose the singing birds musicians": birdsong; title: "Orpheus with his lute": symbolic persons; title: "Gamut I am, the ground of all accord": music theory and pedagogy; title: "A thousand twangling instruments": art and country instruments; title: "A swanlike end, fading in music".