I would enthusiastically endorse Craig's recommendation of Ross Duffin's Shakespeare Songbook. It is indeed very well researched. All you might wish in 526 pp. with complete lyrics and tunes. Duffin teaches at Case Western where the LSA Summer Seminar is held. He often writes for the New Yorker magazine. Here's more: [1]http://music.case.edu/faculty/ross-duffin/ His most famous work is _*How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care*_ (2008). For many years the standard work has been F. W. Sternfeld, *_Music in Shakespearean Tragedy*_ (1963). It has an index of lyrics in the tragedies, comedies or histories, and many musical examples in facsimile in the text. It is often a handy reference, because many local town libraries will have a copy.
On 10/05/14, [2]co...@medievalist.org wrote: Wim, If you are referring to the songs that crop up in Shakespeare's plays, Dr. Ross Duffin has a lovely book researching that very subject called Shakespeare's Songbook. There are two CDs available with the music being played and the songs sung (the first is available comes with the book, the second is available seperately). You can find it on Amazon here: [3]http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-Songbook-Ross-W-Duffin/dp/0393058 891/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412561284&sr=1-4&keywords=music+of+ shakespeare This book is, in my opinon, a definitive body of research. Regards, Craig Allen To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html References 1. http://music.case.edu/faculty/ross-duffin/ 2. mailto:co...@medievalist.org 3. http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-Songbook-Ross-W-Duffin/dp/0393058891/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412561284&sr=1-4&keywords=music+of+shakespeare 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/
