Music in Shakespearean Tragedy

<p>First published in 1963. <br><br>When originally published this book was the first to treat at full length the contribution which music makes to Shakespeare''s great tragedies, among them <em>Hamlet, Othello</em>, and <em>King Lear</em>. Here the playwright''s practices are studied in conjunction with those of his contemporaries: Marlowe and Jonson, Marston and Chapman. From these comparative assessments there emerges the method that is peculiar to Shakespeare: the employment of song and instrumental music to a degree hitherto unknown, and their use as an integral part of the dramatic structure.</p>