Some Other Note

The Lost Songs of English Renaissance Comedy

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English comedy from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century abounds in song lyrics, but most of the original tunes were thought to have been lost--until now. By deducing that playwrights borrowed melodies from songs they already knew, Ross W. Duffin has used the existing English repertory of songs, both popular and composed, to reconstruct hundreds of songs from more than a hundred plays and other stage entertainments. Thanks to Duffin's incredible breakthrough, these plays have been rendered performable with period music for the first time in five hundred years. Some Other Note not only brings these songs back from the dead, but tells a thrilling tale of the investigations that unraveled these centuries-old mysteries.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-03-29
Mått259 x 211 x 45 mm
Vikt1 796 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor762
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190856601

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A native of Canada, Ross W. Duffin is Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music and Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, where he specializes in historical performance practice. Among his books are Shakespeare's Songbook (W. W. Norton, 2004), and How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) (Norton, 2007). Duffin has been described as "virtually synonymous with music and Shakespeare," and his book was lauded as "a musicological tour de force, totally without pedantry, a book which will forever change Shakespeare productions."

GlossaryForeword, by Tiffany Stern Prologue - Editorial NoteAcknowledgments Part 1. Background of the 15th and 16th Centuries1. Mystery/Morality Plays2. Court Enterludes3. St Paul's Enterludes4. Chapels Royal Enterludes5. University and Inns of Court Enterludes6. Continental Influences Part 2. London Comedy to 16257. Ben Jonson (1572-1637)8. George Chapman (1559-1634)9. John Marston (1576-1634)10. Thomas Dekker (1572-1632)11. John Fletcher (1579-1625)12. Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)13. Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)14. Philip Massinger (1583-1640) 15. Other Playwrights16. Anonymous Plays ca.160017. JigsAppendix

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