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01 |
Hark,Hark,the Lark (melody) |
Cymbeline |
Franz Schubert |
02 |
Hark,Hark,the Lark (accomp) |
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03 |
Who Is Sylvia (melody) |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Franz Schubert |
04 |
Who Is Sylvia(accomp) |
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05 |
Ye Spotted Snakes (melody) |
Midsummer Night's Dream |
Felix Mendelssohn |
06 |
Ye Spotted Snakes(accomp) |
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07 |
Bid Me Discourse (melody) |
Venus and Adonis |
Henry Bishop |
08 |
Bid Me Discourse(accomp) |
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09 |
Should He Upbraid (melody) |
Henry Bishop |
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10 |
Should He Upbraid(accomp) |
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11 |
Lo, Here the Gentle Lark (melody) |
Venus and Adonis |
Henry Bishop |
12 |
Lo, Here the Gentle Lark(accomp) |
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13 |
The Willow Song (melody) |
Othello |
Giuseppe Verdi |
14 |
The Willow Song(accomp) |
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15 |
The Willow Song (melody) |
Othello |
Arthur Sullivan |
16 |
The Willow Song(accomp) |
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17 |
Orpheus With His Lute (melody) |
Henry VIII |
Arthur Sullivan |
18 |
Orpheus With His Lute(accomp) |
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19 |
O Mistress Mine (melody) |
Twelth Night |
C Villiers Stanford |
20 |
O Mistress Mine(accomp) |
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21 |
The Rain it Raineth (melody) |
Twelth Night |
C Villiers Stanford |
22 |
The Rain it Raineth (accomp) |
| The Shakespeare collection has been devised and collated as a demonstration of the development of western music by following stylistic,melodic and harmonic changes as composers set to music the words of 'The Bard of Avon', sometimes for new productions of the plays, but often just in the tradition of setting poems in a musical matrix to further realise the meaning of the words. The four centuries which have passed have seen quite dramatic changes in music and these songs are an accessible way to explore and experience these changes. (cf the journey of Full Fathom Five from Robt. Johnson (1612) to Igor Stravinsky!!) The songs have been selected from standard collections of Shakespeare songs (Chappell, B&H etc)as well as from composer collections (Arne,Moeran,Warlock,Stravinsky,Dankworth(Words for Music)) Some Dankworth songs have been transposed to keep them in the range of standard voices. |
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