Shakespeare’s Musical Imagery

Contents

• 1. 'Let music sound': introduction to Shakespeare's musical imagery;
• 2. 'A thousand twangling instruments': Renaissance instruments;
• 3. 'Melodious birds sing madrigals': genres and forms;
• 4. 'GamutI am, the ground of all accord': terms from Renaissance theory and pedagogy;
• 5. 'Most heavenly music': philosophical concepts;
• 6. 'Doleful dumps the mind oppress': expressive words;
• 7. 'Orpheus with his lute': symbolic persons. Bibliography; Index.