{"product_id":"shakespeares-songbook","title":"Shakespeare's Songbook","description":"A remarkable work that recovers the songs Shakespeare's audiences actually heard and brings them to life through performance. Winner of the Claude V. Palisca Award of the American Musicological Society\nShakespeare lovers have long lamented that so few songs in his plays survive with original music; of about sixty song lyrics, only a handful have come down to us with musical settings. For over 150 years, scholars have aspired―without success―to fill that gap. In Shakespeare's Songbook, Ross W. Duffin does just that.\n\nEight years in the making, Shakespeare's Songbook is a meticulously researched collection of 155 songs―ballads and narratives, drinking songs, love songs, and rounds―that appear in, are quoted in, or alluded to in Shakespeare's plays. Drawing substantially on the unmatched resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Duffin brings complete lyrics (many newly recovered) and music notation together for the first time, and in the process sheds new light on Shakespeare's dramatic art. With performances by leading early-music singers and instrumentalists, the accompanying audio CD brings the songbook to life. Shakespeare's Songbook is the perfect gift for lovers of Shakespeare and an invaluable reference for singers, actors, directors, and scholars. 49 illustrations, 500 music examples\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0393058891\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0393058891.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Duffin, Ross W.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614374240314,"sku":"DBV.0393058891.G","price":9.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0393058891-0.jpg?v=1787801978","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/shakespeares-songbook","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}