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How Did Shakespeare Contribute To Music

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Literature has always inspired the musical world around us. One of the most notable examples being Shakespeare and his contribution to music from the 16th century to current times. Shakespeare was praised for his works and was constantly referred to in music pieces from around the world. Shakespeare became famous after his first poem and continued to become a famous playwright. Many musicians would soon swoon over his elegant thoughts on different concepts of life that he displayed in his plays. Shakespeare wrote many dramatic tragedy’s, some of the most famous being “Romeo and Juliet’ and “Hamlet”. Joseph Hayden was the first in the Classical Era of music to compose a piece based on Shakespeare’s writing. However, many artist would soon arise with their own works of music. …show more content…

Shakespeare still gets mentioned in today’s song as artist constantly refer to their love life as a Romeo and Juliet situation. Not only were there songs made for his plays, artist would make songs about his plays. Most of the most memorable ones being the deep,dark, and lonely ones about the cruel feeling of heartbreak and emotions. Everyone that produced music was influenced by a literary piece of a poem or play. Literature is a very strong influence on music that we’ve created and are in the future of doing so. There are many other playwrights and authors that influence artists. However, Shakespeare is one of the most famous of them all, as there is even a music group named after Shakespeare himself. In the future Shakespeare’s name will continue to grow and will forever go down in history. Literatury power is immense and affects many aspects of our life. The influence it has on music is greater than anything

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