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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ross W. Duffin (Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, Case Western Reserve University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 25.90cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 1.796kg ISBN: 9780190856601ISBN 10: 0190856602 Pages: 762 Publication Date: 29 March 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsthe author brings musical life to a large repertoire of tuneless plays ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. -- CHOICE [Duffin's] inspired detective work encompasses the identification of probable cues for music within plays, including covert allusions in stage dialogue to the names or popular refrains of well-known songs. ... Most helpfully, he sets the lyrics to the music he identifies as the most plausible original setting, and accompanies these with a discussion of how the song may have been sung. -- David Mcinnis , Early Theatre the author brings musical life to a large repertoire of tuneless plays ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. -- CHOICE An essential resource for theater practitioners, musicologists, and literary scholars, Duffin's remarkable book has revitalized the resonances of early modern music and its integral role in these comedies. -- Jennifer Linhart Wood, Shakespeare Quarterly The book is indispensable for anyone interested in early modern drama, literature, and music, and especially for anyone interested in a clearer picture of the sound world of Renaissance theater. -- Samantha Bassler, NYU / Rutgers University - Newark, Renaissance Quarterly [Duffin's] inspired detective work encompasses the identification of probable cues for music within plays, including covert allusions in stage dialogue to the names or popular refrains of well-known songs. ... Most helpfully, he sets the lyrics to the music he identifies as the most plausible original setting, and accompanies these with a discussion of how the song may have been sung. -- David Mcinnis , Early Theatre the author brings musical life to a large repertoire of tuneless plays ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. -- CHOICE """[Duffin's] inspired detective work encompasses the identification of probable cues for music within plays, including covert allusions in stage dialogue to the names or popular refrains of well-known songs. ... Most helpfully, he sets the lyrics to the music he identifies as the most plausible original setting, and accompanies these with a discussion of how the song may have been sung."" -- David Mcinnis , Early Theatre ""the author brings musical life to a large repertoire of tuneless plays ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals."" -- CHOICE" the author brings musical life to a large repertoire of tuneless plays ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * CHOICE * Author Information"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, and How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care). 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.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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