Shakespeare and Music

This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespeare's plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time. Focuses on the characters, situations and stories in Shakespeare which are still familiar today. Shows how Shakespeare's plays illustrate some of life's most familiar stories – love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge Makes Shakespeare’s plays accessible to the widest possible audience.

Explores the challenges of maintaining bonds, living up to ideals, and fulfilling desire in Shakespeare’s plays In Thinking About Shakespeare, Kay Stockholder reveals the rich inner lives of some of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters and the ways in which their emotions and actions shape and are shaped by the social and political world around them. In addressing all genres in the Shakespeare canon, the authors explore the possibility of people being constant to each other in many different kinds of relationships: those of lovers, kings and subjects, friends, and business partners. While some bonds are irrevocably broken, many are reaffirmed. In all cases, the authors offer insight into what drives Shakespeare’s characters to do what they do, what draws them together or pulls them apart, and the extent to which bonds can ever be eternal. Ultimately, the most durable bond may be between the playwright and the audience, whereby the playwright pleases and the audience approves. The book takes an in-depth look at a dozen of The Bard’s best-loved works, including: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Romeo and Juliet; The Merchant of Venice; Richard II; Henry IV, Part I; Hamlet; Troilus and Cressida; Othello; Macbeth; King Lear; Antony and Cleopatra; and The Tempest. It also provides an epilogue titled: Prospero and Shakespeare. Written in a style accessible for all levels Discusses 12 plays, making it a comprehensive study of Shakespeare’s work Covers every genre of The Bard’s work, giving readers a full sense of Shakespeare’s art/thought over the course of his oeuvre Provides a solid overall sense of each play and the major characters/plot lines in them Providing new and sometimes unconventional and provocative ways to think about characters that have had a long critical heritage, Thinking About Shakespeare is an enlightening read that is perfect for scholars, and ideal for any level of student studying one of history’s greatest storytellers.

Music is much more than listening to audio encoded in some unreadable binary format. It is, instead, an adventure similar to reading a book and entering its world, complete with a story, plot, sound, images, texts, and plenty of related data with, for instance, historical, scientific, literary, and musicological contents. Navigation of this world, such as that of an opera, a jazz suite and jam session, a symphony, a piece from non-Western culture, is possible thanks to the specifications of new standard IEEE 1599, IEEE Recommended Practice for Defining a Commonly Acceptable Musical Application Using XML, which uses symbols in language XML and music layers to express all its multimedia characteristics. Because of its encompassing features, this standard allows the use of existing audio and video standards, as well as recuperation of material in some old format, the events of which are managed by a single XML file, which is human and machine readable – musical symbols have been read by humans for at least forty centuries. Anyone wanting to realize a computer application using IEEE 1599 – music and computer science departments, computer generated music research laboratories (e.g. CCRMA at Stanford, CNMAT at Berkeley, and IRCAM in Paris), music library conservationists, music industry frontrunners (Apple, TDK, Yamaha, Sony), etc. – will need this first book-length explanation of the new standard as a reference. The book will include a manual teaching how to encode music with IEEE 1599 as an appendix, plus a CD-R with a video demonstrating the applications described in the text and actual sample applications that the user can load onto his or her PC and experiment with.

A new study of Shakespeare’s life and times, which illuminates our understanding and appreciation of his works. Combines an accessible fully historicised treatment of both the life and the plays, suited to both undergraduate and popular audiences Looks at 24 of the most significant plays and the sonnets through the lens of various aspects of Shakespeare’s life and historical environment Addresses four of the most significant issues that shaped Shakespeare’s career: education, religion, social status, and theatre Examines theatre as an institution and the literary environment of early modern London Explains and dispatches conspiracy theories about authorship

Is Shakespeare any Good? reveals why certain literary works and authors are treated as superior to others, and questions the literary establishment’s criteria for creating an imperium of “great” writers. Enables readers to articulate and formulate their own arguments about the quality of literature – including works that convention forbids us to dislike Dismantles the claims of academic criticism – particularly Theory – to tell us anything useful about why we like or appreciate literature Challenges and shatters many longstanding beliefs about literature and its evaluation Poses serious questions about the value of literature, and studying literature, and presents these in a lively and entertainingly provocative manner

Flesh and Blood - седьмой студийный альбом рок-группы Roxy Music, изданный в июне 1980 года. В 1980 году из оригинального состава Roxy Music остались лишь Брайан Ферри, гитарист Фил Манзанера и Энди Маккей, после того как барабанщик коллектива Пол Томпсон ушел из группы. Также впервые в истории своего существования Roxy Music записали две кавер-версии - In The Midnight Hour и Eight Miles High. Roxy Music - британская рок-группа, созданная в 1971 году. В состав коллектива вошли Брайан Ферри (вокал, клавишные), Грэм Симпсон (бас-гитара), Фил Манзанера (гитара), Энди Маккей (саксофон) и Брайан Ино (клавишные). Состав впоследствии менялся (так в 1973 группу покинул Брайан Ино), но Ферри всегда оставался лидером коллектива. Композиции Roxy Music сочетали в себе ироничную поэзию, виртуозное исполнение и стильные сценические постановки, наполненные образцами высокой моды, китча и коммерческой фотографии. 9 альбомов группы занимали места в десятке лучших британского хит-парада UK Albums Chart, три из которых, Stranded, Flesh and Blood и Avalon, находились на первом месте. Четыре пластинки команды входят в список журнала Rolling Stone 500 величайших альбомов всех времен.

This Concise Companion presents a multidisciplinary range of approaches to a vast multimedia subject, Shakespeare on screen. Draws on the latest thinking in cultural studies, communications, and comparative media, in dialogue with literary, theatrical and filmic approaches. Organised around themes, such as authorship and collaboration, theatricality, sex and violence, globalization and history. Offers readers a variety of accessible routes into the subject of Shakespeare on screen. Also enables readers to explore fundamental topics in the study of literature and culture more broadly, such as the relationships between elite and popular culture, art and the marketplace, text and image. Includes suggestions for further reading, a bibliography, a filmography, a chronology and a thorough index.

Спустя пятьдесят лет после оригинального выступления NEIL YOUNG анонсирует «Young Shakespeare» - ранее не выпущенная концертная запись и фильм 1971 года, которые содержат самые ранние известные кадры живых выступлений Янга из существующих. Шоу 1971 года в Стратфорде, штат Коннектикут, запечатлело выступление, урезанное до самого необходимого - акустической гитары, фортепиано и губной гармошки. «Young Shakespeare» включает в себя ранние записи «Old Man», «The Needle and the Damage Done», «A Man Needs a Maid» и «Heart Of Gold», которые были выпущены более чем через год на классической пластинке Янга 1972 года Harvest. Альбом будет доступен на виниле, CD и специальном делюксовом пронумерованном бокс-сете на LP+CD+DVD. Спустя всего два месяца после выхода основополагающего альбома Янга «After the Gold Rush», 22 января 1971 года артист организовал выступление в Шекспировском театре. Концерт был записан для презентации на немецком телевидении в том же году, но до сих пор не был доступен для широкой публики. Оригинальные аналоговые кассеты 50-летней давности были с любовью восстановлены, благодаря чему стали доступны ранние акустические записи двух песен с After the Gold Rush, ранних треков из Harvest и любимых фаворитов, таких как «Ohio», «Cowgirl in the Sand», «Helpless», «Down by the River» и «Sugar Mountain». Янг написал на своём фан-сайте NYA, что «Young Shakespeare» - это «более спокойное выступление, без праздничной атмосферы Live at Massey Hall 1971 года, снятое вживую на 16 мм. Young Shakespeare - событие особенное. Моим фанатам я говорю, что это лучшее, что когда-либо было… одно из самых чистых акустических выступлений, которые есть в архиве».