Some other note : the lost songs of English Renaissance comedy /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duffin, Ross W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Temas:
1500-1699
Humorous songs > England > 16th century > History and criticism.
Humorous songs > England > 17th century > History and criticism.
English drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Chansons humoristiques > Angleterre > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Chansons humoristiques > Angleterre > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Comédie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
English drama (Comedy)
Humorous songs
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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, rendering them performable with period music for the first time in five hundred years.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190856618
0190856610

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