In Shakespeare, music is an integral part of the action. But the First Folio, which turns 400 this year, failed to transmit how it should sound. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Musicians from the early ...

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Everybody knows William Shakespeare (1564–1616) the playwright, but how about Shakespeare the lyricist? Actually, the Bard of Avon penned song lyrics for a number of his works, though the original ...

"Gosh, I haven't been here in years," a fellow audience member uttered with glee at Maynardville's SONGS OF SHAKESPEARE. Shakespeare in the Park is back in Cape Town, and it is a return to form for ...

The flowery language of William Shakespeare and the rawness of modern music don't seem like the most logical pairing, but the former's works led to quite a few notable rock songs. The great ...

Shakespeare found inspiration in the music of his day, calling for songs in his plays, mentioning music theoretical concepts, quoting popular tunes, and using metaphorical imagery based on instruments ...

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra the other evening gave a program of all Shakespeare, that is to say of orchestral pieces written to illustrate some Shakesperian theme. This interesting selection of ...

You’re 17. You’ve just read “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the first time and are overwhelmed. So you sit down and compose a 12-minute orchestral overture capturing the magic, the confusion, the ...

Songwriters are always aspiring to greatness. Perhaps that’s why many have tried to incorporate the stories and themes of William Shakespeare, the guy who might just be the greatest lyricist in the ...