Published 2007
by University of Rochester Press in Rochester, NY .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Daniel Albright. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | ML |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | x, 317 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 317 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL22755420M |
| ISBN 10 | 9781580462556 |
Musicking Shakespeare: A Conflict of TheatresIn this book, Daniel Albright, one of today's most intrepid and vividly communicative explorers of the border territory between literature and music, offers insights into how composers of genius can help us to understand Shakespeare. Musicking Shakespeare demonstrates how four composers — Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten — respond to the distinctive Brand: Daniel Albright. Musicking Shakespeare Demonstrates how Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten, responding to Shakespeare's juxtaposition of contrasting theatrical styles, devised music dramas that call opera into question. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Musicking Shakespeare begins with an analysis of Shakespeare's play The Tempest as an imaginary Jacobean opera and as a real Restoration opera. It then discusses works that respond with wit and sophistication to Shakespeare's irony, obscurity, contortion, and heft: Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, Verdi's Macbeth, Purcell's The Fairy Queen, and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Musicking Shakespeare: a conflict of theatres. [Daniel Albright] -- In this book, Daniel Albright, one of today's most intrepid and vividly communicative explorers of the border territory between literature and music, offers insights into how composers of genius can Your Web browser is .
Musicking Shakespeare begins with an analysis of Shakespeare's play The Tempest/ as an imaginary Jacobean opera and as a real Restoration opera. It then discusses works that respond with wit and sophistication to Shakespeare's irony, obscurity, contortion, and heft: Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, Verdi's Macbeth, Purcell's The Fairy Queen, and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Musicking Shakespeare: A Conflict of Theatres has 1 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace Same Low Prices, Bigger Selection, More Fun Shop the All-New tonyasgaapartments.com! Aug 01, · Buy Musicking Shakespeare - A Conflict of Theatres by Daniel Albright from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones Author: Daniel Albright. Musicking Shakespeare begins with an analysis of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest as an imaginary Jacobean opera and as a real Restoration opera. It then discusses works that respond with wit and sophistication to Shakespeare’s irony, obscurity, contortion, and heft: Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s Macbeth, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Aug 22, · Daniel Albright has long been a major contributor to these ongoing shifts in academic practice and approach and his latest monograph, Musicking Shakespeare, is no exception. Billed on its dust jacket as an exploration of ‘the border territory between literature and music’, Albright's book offers case studies of three plays and a very specific selection of their afterlife in orchestral and operatic Author: Julie Sanders. By linking musicking to the local, this book highlights the ways in which musical practices and discourses interact with people’s everyday experiences and understandings of their immediate environment, their connections and commitment to that locality, and the people who exist within it. Book Description: From Daniel Albright, author of Musicking Shakespeare and Berlioz's Semi-Operas, comes a collection of essays on music and on dance, probing the problems of articulating the meaning(s) of music; the larger question of how music and language interact; how. Dec 03, · Daniel Albright has long been a major contributor to these ongoing shifts in academic practice and approach and his latest monograph, Musicking Shakespeare, is no exception. Billed on its dust jacket as an exploration of 'the border territory between literature and music', Albright's book offers case studies of three plays and a very specific.
