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An Outward Show: Music for Shakespeare on the London Stage, 1660-1830 Randy Neighbarger First edition
An Outward Show: Music for Shakespeare on the London Stage, 1660-1830
Randy Neighbarger
From 1660 through approximately 1830, the alteration of Shakespearean texts to comply with contemporary dramaturgy was a normal occurrence, and the need to adapt Shakespeare to popular tastes generated music quite different in style, function, and influence from that envisioned by the Elizabethan playwright.
340 pages