Musicking Shakespeare: A Conflict of Theatres

by Daniel Albright

Demonstrates how Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten, responding to Shakespeare's juxtaposition of contrasting theatrical styles, devised music dramas that call opera into question.

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...

• 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"