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Shakespeare's Songbook

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Description:Shakespeare lovers have long lamented that so few songs in his plays survive with original music; of about sixty song lyrics, only a handful have come down to us with musical settings. For over 150 years, scholars have aspired without success to fill that gap. In "Shakespeare's Songbook," Ross W. Duffin does just that. Eight years in the making, "Shakespeare's Songbook" is a meticulously researched collection of 160 songs ballads and narratives, drinking songs, love songs, and rounds that appear in, are quoted in, or alluded to in Shakespeare's plays. Drawing substantially on the unmatched resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Duffin brings complete lyrics (many newly recovered) and music notation together for the first time, and in the process sheds new light on Shakespeare's dramatic art. With performances by leading early-music singers and instrumentalists, the accompanying audio CD brings the songbook to life. "Shakespeare's Songbook" is the perfect gift for lovers of Shakespeare and an invaluable reference for singers, actors, directors, and scholars.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare's Songbook. To get started finding Shakespeare's Songbook, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 0393058891

Description: Shakespeare lovers have long lamented that so few songs in his plays survive with original music; of about sixty song lyrics, only a handful have come down to us with musical settings. For over 150 years, scholars have aspired without success to fill that gap. In "Shakespeare's Songbook," Ross W. Duffin does just that. Eight years in the making, "Shakespeare's Songbook" is a meticulously researched collection of 160 songs ballads and narratives, drinking songs, love songs, and rounds that appear in, are quoted in, or alluded to in Shakespeare's plays. Drawing substantially on the unmatched resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Duffin brings complete lyrics (many newly recovered) and music notation together for the first time, and in the process sheds new light on Shakespeare's dramatic art. With performances by leading early-music singers and instrumentalists, the accompanying audio CD brings the songbook to life. "Shakespeare's Songbook" is the perfect gift for lovers of Shakespeare and an invaluable reference for singers, actors, directors, and scholars.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare's Songbook. To get started finding Shakespeare's Songbook, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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