Shakespeare and music
Subtitle: afterlives and borrowings
By: Julie Sanders.
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780745632964; 9780745632971
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Adaptations; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Musical settings -- History and criticism; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Influence; Music and literature -- History and criticism
Genres: Adaptations.; Film and video adaptations.; Musical settings
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-213); discography (p. 214-218); filmography (p. 219-220); and index.