Shakespeare's songbook / Ross W. Duffin ; with a foreword by Stephen Orgel.
2004
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Title
Shakespeare's songbook / Ross W. Duffin ; with a foreword by Stephen Orgel.
Created/published
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2004.
Description
528 p. : ill. ; 26 cm + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Associated name
Duffin, Ross W., author.
Orgel, Stephen.
Elliott, Paul, 1950-
Hargis, Ellen.
Hite, William.
Malafronte, Judith.
LaRue, Custer.
Sheehan, Aaron.
O'Dette, Paul, 1954-
Orgel, Stephen.
Elliott, Paul, 1950-
Hargis, Ellen.
Hite, William.
Malafronte, Judith.
LaRue, Custer.
Sheehan, Aaron.
O'Dette, Paul, 1954-
Summary
"About half of the settings in the book are included on the [accompanying] CD. Songs have been selected mostly on the basis of their actual appearance in the plays. Any alternative settings of those pieces have been omitted, as have many exquisite songs with critical connections to the plays. ... [O]nly one or two stanzas of longer ballads have been included." -- p. 525.
Note
Performers on accompanying sound disc: singers, Ellen Hargis, William Hite, Judith Malafronte, Paul Elliott, Custer LaRue, Aaron Sheehan; lute and cittern, Paul O'Dette. Producer and digital editor, Alan Bise. Recorded in Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, October 4-8, 2003. Contains song and duets with lute, and rounds.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 488-508) and indexes.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
ML80.S5 D85 2004
Call number
CD 506