Shakespeare and Music
Christopher Wilson
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Shakespeare's plays are full of music: love songs, comic ditties, serious ballads, and songs for witches and spirits. Over the centuries musicians and composers have also created musical adaptations based on Shakespeare's plays. Composer Christopher Wilson's Shakespeare and Music (1922) documents the musical history of each play across various genres, including opera and incidental music. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) (6 hr 3 min)
Chapters
| Christopher Wilson: A Memoir | 8:31 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Introductory | 4:52 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 12:46 | Read by Algy Pug |
| As You Like It | 6:41 | Read by Alan |
| The Comedy of Errors | 6:54 | Read by Alan |
| Coriolanus | 9:09 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| Cymbeline | 11:24 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| Hamlet | 40:04 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| King Henry IV | 4:18 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Henry VIII | 9:12 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Julius Caesar | 4:57 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| King Lear | 6:23 | Read by Arielle Lipshaw |
| Macbeth | 26:43 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Measure For Measure | 14:01 | Read by Arielle Lipshaw |
| The Merchant of Venice | 10:50 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | 15:51 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 21:09 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 17:24 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Othello | 18:26 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| King Richard III | 8:41 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| Romeo and Juliet | 24:06 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| The Taming of the Shrew | 7:20 | Read by Algy Pug |
| The Tempest | 28:40 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Timon of Athens | 4:04 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| Twelfth Night | 17:00 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 8:34 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| The Winter's Tale | 7:07 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| Shakespeare's Songs | 8:35 | Read by Martin Geeson |