Musicking Shakespeare: A Conflict of Theatres

by 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 help us to understand Shakespeare. Musicking Shakespeare demonstrates how four composers -- Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten -- respond to the distinctive features of Shakespeare's plays: their unwieldiness, their refusal to fit into interpretive boxes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462553
• ISBN13: 9781580462556
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"