LibGuides: Music 89s: Musical Shakespeare: Getting Started

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Hyperlink to books on Shakespeare and Music

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music by Christopher R. Wilson (Editor); Mervyn Cooke (Editor)
ISBN: 9780190945145
Shakespeare and Popular Music by Adam Hansen
ISBN: 9781441126986
Ebook
Shakespeare, Music and Performance by Bill Barclay (Editor); David Lindley (Editor)
ISBN: 9781107139336
Shakespeare and Music by David Lindley (Editor)
Call Number: Music Library ML80.S5 L56 2006
ISBN: 1904271715
Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings by Julie Sanders
Call Number: Music Library ML80.S5 S25 2007
ISBN: 9780745632964
Broken Harmony: Shakespeare and the politics of music by Joseph M. Ortiz
ISBN: 9780801449314
Ebook
Shakespeare and Opera by Gary Schmidgall
Call Number: Music Library ML3858 .S373 1990
ISBN: 019506450X
Musicking Shakespeare by Daniel Albright
Call Number: Music Library ML80.S5 A43 2007
ISBN: 9781580462556
Publication Date: 2007-07-01
Focuses on settings by Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten
Music in Shakespearean Tragedy by F. W. Sternfeld
ISBN: 9780415353274
Ebook
Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Britten
Call Number: Perkins Library PR2899 .B475 2014
ISBN: 9781472518514
Shakespeare's Musical Imagery by Christopher R. Wilson
Call Number: Perkins Library PR3034 .W54 2011
ISBN: 9781847064950
Shakespeare, Madness, and Music: scoring insanity in cinematic adaptations by Kendra Preston Leonard
Call Number: Music Library ML80.S5 L43 2009
ISBN: 9780810869585
Verdi's Shakespeare by Garry Wills
Call Number: Perkins Library PR2880.V4 W56 2011
ISBN: 9780670023042

Reference Sources

A Shakespeare Music Catalogue
Call Number: Music Library Reference ML134.5.S52 G6 1991
ISBN: 0198129416
Comprehensive listing of musical settings of Shakespeare with a bibliography of literature on the subject.

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia entries on musical topics, including an entry on Shakespeare.

Music in Shakespeare: A Dictionary
ISBN: 0826478468

Finding Recordings

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Music Online: Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Metropolitan Opera on Demand This link opens in a new window
View streaming performances from 575 full-length Metropolitan Opera performances
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Browse an online collection of classical music, operas and ballets
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
Find and watch streaming videos of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries
BBC Shakespeare Plays This link opens in a new window
Find and watch BBC television productions of the entire Shakespeare canon of 37 plays

To search for CD recordings, go to the Music Library Homepage and click on "Recordings Only" in the search box.

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Finding articles

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on a wide variety of musical periods and styles
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online This link opens in a new window
Good source for scholarly books, articles, dissertations and reviews related to the study of Shakespeare. Ask for help if you have trouble linking to full text!
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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