Music pervades Shakespeare's work. In addition to vocal songs and numerous instrumental cues there are thousands of references to music throughout the plays and

With an A-Z of over 300 entries, Music in Shakespeare is the most comprehensive study of all the musical terms found in Shakespeare's complete works. It include

A study of the meaning of Shakespeare's musical imagery in his plays and poems.

An analysis of the ways in which Shakespeare's imagery functions to reveal literary and personal motives.

"This compendium reflects the latest international research into the many and various uses of music in relation to Shakespeare's plays and poems, the contributo