| Description |
x, 317 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Eastman studies in music,
1071-9989
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Eastman studies in music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310) and index. |
| Contents |
Romeo and Juliet. Introduction to part 1 -- The Veronese social code -- The code of love -- Love against language -- The afterlife of Romeo and Juliet -- La lance branlée : French opinions of Shakespeare -- Berlioz in the plural -- Roméo et Juliette : introduction -- Roméo et Juliette : the symphony -- Roméo et Juliette : the opera resumes -- Macbeth. Shakespeare's random -- Magic as theft -- Prophesying -- Squinting at consequences -- Macbeth's children -- Macbeth as an actor -- Two theatres -- Witches amok -- Sortileges of speech -- Lady Macbeth as witch -- Time slips -- La sonnambula -- A midsummer night's dream. Cosmicomedy -- The picture of cupid -- Depictorializing cupid -- Cupid's wax -- The tedious brief scene -- Other dreams in other summers : the aesthetic of the masque -- Purcell's The fairy queen -- Lampe's Pyramus and Thisbe -- Experimenters : Mendelssohn and Korngold -- Britten's A midsummer night's dream. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
| Genre/Form |
Adaptations.
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| Subject |
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Roméo et Juliette.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Midsummer night's dream.
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Music and literature.
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Music and literature. |
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Opera.
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Opera. |
| ISBN |
9781580462556 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1580462553 alkaline paper |
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