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- ↑ David Lindley, Shakespeare and Music (2014) 1408143666 "Focusing throughout on the plays as theatrical performances, this work analyzes the ways Shakespeare explores and exploits the conflicting perceptions of music at the time and its dramatic and thematic potential."
- ↑ Christopher Wilson. Shakespeare and Music (1922)
- ↑ 'Shakespeare, William', in Grove Music Online (2001)
- ↑ B.N.S. Gooch and D. Thatcher, eds.: A Shakespeare Music Catalogue (Oxford, 1991)
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