Music in Shakespeare: A DictionaryMusical references, allusions to music, and music stage directions abound in Shakespeare, ranging from simple trumpet flourishes to sophisticated, philosophical allegory. Music in Shakespeare: A Dictionary identifies all musical terms found in the Shakespeare canon. An A-Z of over 300 entries includes a definition of each musical term in its historical and theoretical context, and explores the extent of Shakespeare's use of musical imagery across the full range of his dramatic and poetic work. Music in Shakespeare also analyses the usage of musical instruments and sound effects on the Shakespearean stage, providing descriptions of the instruments employed in the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres. This is a comprehensive reference guide for scholars and students with interests ranging from the thematic and allegorical relevance of music in Shakespeare's works to the history of performance. It is also aimed at the growing number of directors and actors concerned with recovering the staging conditions of the early modern theatre. |
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... Morley defined a cadence as : ' A Cadence wee call that , when coming to a close , two notes are bound togither , and the following note descendeth thus : B & or in any other keye after the same manner ' ( Introduction , 1597 , p . 73 ) ...
... Morley Canzonets , Or Little Short Songs to Three Voyces ( 1593 ) . Whilst the musical form of Morley's canzonets is fairly consist- ent , the stanzaic form of the poems he sets is not . Stanzas vary between four and twenty lines . ( B ) ...
... Morley was very anxious , like Cam- pion , that a piece should begin and end in the same key and that modulation ( to a strange key ) was forbidden : A great fault , for every key hath a peculiar ayre proper unto it selfe , so that if ...