| 词条 | Music in the plays of William Shakespeare |
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Music in the plays of William Shakespeare includes both music incidental to the plot, as song and dance, and also additional supplied both by Shakespeare's own company and subsequent performers.[1] This music is distinct from musical settings of Shakespeare's sonnets by later composers. Music in Shakespeare's own theatre productionsSongs as text within the playsThe following are among the most notable examples of songs in Shakespeare's plays:
Other songs mentioned within the plays
DanceAmong the dances associated with Shakespeare's company is "Kemp's Jig" named after the actor Will Kemp. Music for later theatre productionsThe generations after Shakespeare saw many composers create or arrange music for his plays. Among the most notable were Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, Thomas Arne, William Linley, Sir Henry Bishop, and Sir Arthur Sullivan. RecordingsAttempts at reconstructing and performing the "original" songs from the plays and related folk songs have been recorded by various musicians, from Shakespeare Songs by Alfred Deller (1967), to the recordings of Philip Pickett. References1. ^David Lindley, Shakespeare and Music (2014) 1408143666 "Focusing throughout on the plays as theatrical performances, this work analyzes the ways Shakespeare explores and exploits the conflicting perceptions of music at the time and its dramatic and thematic potential." {{classical-music-stub}}{{theatre-stub}} 1 : William Shakespeare |
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