A daylong colloquium, “Shakespeare, Music and Memory” will bring scholars and musicians to the 天美影视传媒 campus April 29 for lectures ending with a concert of Shakespeare-themed songs by the School of Music’s ensemble.
The free events were organized by , associate professor and chair of the ‘s Division of Music History, are timed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of ‘s death in April of 1616.
Scholars from several universities will give on the conference theme. The last of these will be “Shakespeare and/or Music” by of Stanford University, who will be introduced by , UW associate professor of English.
Introducing new students to The Bard might be less daunting if you start by studying a single, intriguing line, Tsao told educators during the First Folio celebrations at the Seattle Public Library.
At 5 p.m. in the Collegium Musicum and guests will perform songs from “The Jubilee,” a play and pageant created for an extravagant 1769 celebration of the Bard by renowned actor and performed in Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, and in London’s Drury Lane Theatre. The piece includes such songs as “” and “.” Performers will include UW visiting scholar , doctoral student and lutenist , among others.
Taricani said that event contributed greatly to the idea of remembering and revering Shakespeare and his work, and even marked the start of a movement known as . The performance is a recreation of the music from Garrick’s “Jubilee” play, in a new edition by Taricani, heard for the first time in almost 250 years.
“The songs are entertaining as well as sentimental, not serious,” Taricani said, 鈥渁nd we have many images from this celebration that we will display in the concert.鈥�
The three-day jubilee in 1769 in Stratford-upon-Avon was flooded by the River Avon and beset by logistical problems. “So Garrick transformed the event into a play that satirized the flooded jubilee, and the play had an excellent run of performances in London later that year,” Taricani said.
The colloquium and concert, open to the public, are sponsored by the and the School of Music.
Find a full schedule online at .
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To learn more, contact Taricani at taricani@uw.edu.