Shakespeare's plays are full of music: love songs, comic ditties, serious ballads, and songs for witches and spirits. Over the centuries musicians and composers have also created musical adaptations based on Shakespeare's plays. Composer Christopher Wilson's Shakespeare and Music (1922) documents the musical history of each play across various genres, including opera and incidental music.
Latest episodes of the podcast Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson
- 01 - Christopher Wilson: A Memoir
- 02 - Introductory
- 03 - Antony and Cleopatra
- 04 - As You Like It
- 05 - The Comedy of Errors
- 06 - Coriolanus
- 07 - Cymbeline
- 08 - Hamlet
- 09 - King Henry IV
- 10 - Henvry VIII
- 11 - Julius Caesar
- 12 - King Lear
- 13 - Macbeth
- 14 - Measure for Measure
- 15 - The Merchant of Venice
- 16 - The Merry Wives of Windsor
- 17 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 18 - Much Ado About Nothing
- 19 - Othello
- 20 - King Richard III
- 21 - Romeo and Juliet
- 22 - The Taming of the Shrew
- 23 - The Tempest
- 24 - Timon of Athens
- 25 - Twelfth Night
- 26 - The Two Gentleman of Verona
- 27 - The Winter's Tale
- 28 - Shakespeare's Songs