Enchanting Arcadia
Philip Sidney's Poems As Songs
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2026
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-07652-6 (ISBN)
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
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Sir Philip Sidney was one of Elizabethan England's greatest poets, producing an enormous body of poetry, voluminous letters, and his seminal treatise, The Defence of Poesie. He also loved music, describing "words set in delightfull proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for the well enchanting skill of Musicke." Most notably, his pastoral romance, Arcadia, is filled with poems described as songs, with descriptions of characters singing, sometimes to a particular instrument, and to tunes that are variously "joyful," "doleful," "lamentable," or "ravishing."
Aside from a few specific tune titles provided by Sidney, however, most of these "songs" remain without known music. Enchanting Arcadia fills this void, setting almost 100 of the Arcadia's songs to period music. Using his extensive knowledge of early modern English song, Ross W. Duffin has carefully matched musical models to Sidney's poems using works by composers such as William Byrd, John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Thomas Campion, Robert Jones, and William Corkine, all of whom had some connection to Sidney or his family.
Enchanting Arcadia aims to realize at long last Sidney's wishes for musical enchantment, allowing modern readers to experience them not only as poems to be read silently or aloud but also as songs to be sung and enjoyed.
Aside from a few specific tune titles provided by Sidney, however, most of these "songs" remain without known music. Enchanting Arcadia fills this void, setting almost 100 of the Arcadia's songs to period music. Using his extensive knowledge of early modern English song, Ross W. Duffin has carefully matched musical models to Sidney's poems using works by composers such as William Byrd, John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Thomas Campion, Robert Jones, and William Corkine, all of whom had some connection to Sidney or his family.
Enchanting Arcadia aims to realize at long last Sidney's wishes for musical enchantment, allowing modern readers to experience them not only as poems to be read silently or aloud but also as songs to be sung and enjoyed.
Ross W. Duffin is Fynette H. Kulas Professor Emeritus of Music and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University.
Preface
Introduction
Editorial Notes
Musical Contents
Figures
Old Arcadia
Singing Characters
Synopsis
First Book
First Eclogues
Second Book
Second Eclogues
Third Book
Third Eclogues
Fourth Book
Fourth Eclogues
Fifth Book
Astrophel and Stella (1591)
Arcadia (1593) (New Arcadia)
First Book
First Eclogues
Third Book
Third Eclogues
Arcadia (1598)
Certaine Sonets
Lady of May
Appendix
Accession Day Tilt (1577)
A Poetical Rapsody (1602)
Conclusion
Music Sources
Index to Poems & Song Models
Index of Instruments Cited
Index of Singing Characters
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.10.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Historical Performance |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 b&w illus., 169 printed music items |
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-07652-8 / 0253076528 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-07652-6 / 9780253076526 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Hardcover (2023)
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