Music & Shakespeare
Syracuse University
Spring 2016
Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30-10:50 am
309 Bowne Hall
Professor: Amanda Eubanks Winkler
E-mail: awinkler@syr.edu
Office: 308H Bowne Hall
Phone: 315-443-4584
Office Hours: Monday, 10:00am-12pm or by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this discussion-based seminar we will investigate the place of music in Shakespeare’s
plays. The course will also consider, more generally, music in early modern English
culture. Later musical adaptations of the Bard’s work will also be analyzed.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
In Music and Shakespeare students will:
1) Think and write critically about current scholarship in Shakespeare/music studies
2) Understand Shakespeare’s plays within a rich interdisciplinary historical,
political, and social context
3) Learn how to engage in scholarly dialogue and debate with their fellow students
and their instructor
4) Write a polished scholarly paper centered around an original thesis
REQUIRED TEXTS/MATERIALS
Editions of following plays are available via the library website. Links are provided on
Blackboard.
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
University Bookstore
The following required textbook is available at the University Bookstore:
Ross W. Duffin, Shakespeare’s Songbook (New York: W.W. Norton, 2004).
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Reading and listening assignments
Other reading and listening assignments are on Blackboard under the “Assignments” link.
Some scores for the listening assignments are also available.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The Syracuse University Academic Integrity Policy holds students accountable for the
integrity of the work they submit. Students should be familiar with the Policy and know
that it is their responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations
with regard to proper citation of sources in written work. The policy also governs the
integrity of work submitted in exams and assignments as well as the veracity of
signatures on attendance sheets and other verifications of participation in class activities.
Serious sanctions can result from academic dishonesty of any sort. For more information
and the complete policy, see http://academicintegrity.syr.edu.
This class will use the plagiarism detection and prevention system Turnitin. You will
have the option to submit your papers to Turnitin to check that all sources you use have
been properly acknowledged and cited before you submit the paper to me. I will also
submit all papers you write for this class to Turnitin, which compares submitted
documents against documents on the Internet and against student papers submitted to
Turnitin at SU and at other colleges and universities. I will take your knowledge of the
subject matter of this course and your writing level and style into account in interpreting
the originality report. Keep in mind that all papers you submit for this class will become
part of the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism
of such papers.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION
If you believe that you need accommodations for a disability, please contact the Office of
Disability Services (ODS), http://disabilityservices.syr.edu, located at 804 University
Avenue, room 309, or call 315-443-4498 for an appointment to discuss your needs and
the process for requesting accommodations. ODS is responsible for coordinating
disability-related accommodations and will issue “Accommodation Authorization
Letters” to students with documented disabilities as appropriate. Since accommodations
may require early planning and generally are not provided retroactively, please contact
ODS as soon as possible.
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE POLICY
SU’s religious observances policy, found at
http://supolicies.syr.edu/emp_ben/religious_observance.htm, recognizes the diversity of
faiths represented among the campus community and protects the rights of students,
faculty, and staff to observe religious holy days according to their tradition. Under the
policy, students are provided an opportunity to make up any examination, study, or work
requirements that may be missed due to a religious observance provided they notify their
instructors before the end of the second week of classes. For fall and spring semesters, an
online notification process is available through MySlice/Student Services/Enrollment/My
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Religious Observances from the first day of class until the end of the second week of
class. If you wish to observe a religious holiday, please speak to the professor to discuss
procedures for making up missed work.
CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE
Please turn off your cell phones and laptops and put them away. Text messaging is not
allowed. Please do not leave the room during class time unless it is an emergency.
ASSIGNMENTS
Class participation
All students will be required to attend class and participate in discussion of the reading,
viewing, and listening assignments.
Reading assignments
Reading assignments consist of Shakespeare’s plays, articles and book chapters (all
available via the Assignments link on Blackboard) and excerpts from Shakespeare’s
Songbook.
Listening assignments
Students must listen to all assigned pieces before class. These assignments are available
via the CD attached to Shakespeare’s Songbook and/or via Blackboard. If you read
music, scores are available in Shakespeare’s Songbook and librettos (where applicable)
are available via Blackboard.
Late assignments
I do not accept late assignments unless you have a verifiable excuse of an exceptional
circumstance, such as a serious illness or a death in the family. You must provide written
documentation of your absence (i.e., a doctor’s note, etc.). If you cannot provide
documentation, you will receive a zero on the assignment.
Student-led class discussion
Each student will be assigned two readings to present in class. That student will be
responsible for leading class discussion that day and will be graded on two criteria: 1)
Engagement with the arguments presented in the article; 2) Development of questions to
guide discussion.
Questions of the day
For each class you must generate and submit two typewritten questions regarding the
reading assignments. The response must directly address the reading(s) for the day in
order to receive credit. I do not accept late written responses (this includes responses emailed to me during or after class), so please make sure to have them ready in advance.
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Abstract + annotated bibliography
Two of the major assignments for this class are a research paper on the topic of your
choice (ca. 3500 words) and an oral presentation of your research. To encourage you to
begin this project at the beginning of the semester, an abstract of your proposed project
will be due February 23rd. This 250-word abstract should contain your thesis statement
and the categories of evidence you will employ to prove your thesis (i.e., what scholarly
question will you consider? What books, articles, and other resources will be helpful?).
You should attach a short annotated bibliography to your abstract, listing and describing
the eight most important secondary sources (i.e., peer-reviewed journal articles, essays, or
books) for the completion of your project.
Oral presentation
The final two classes will consist of oral presentations. The purpose of this exercise is to
give you feedback, not just from the instructor, but also from your fellow students before
you complete the final written project. The presentation should be approximately twenty
minutes long with no more than five minutes being used for musical or visual examples.
The presentation will be graded for clarity, persuasiveness, and organization.
Final projects
The final paper will be due May 9th by 11:59pm. Please turn the paper in via TurnItIn on
Blackboard. You should have consulted a minimum of fifteen secondary peer-reviewed
sources. Please make sure to cite all sources properly, using either MLA or Chicago
Style. Style guides are available on the library website
(http://libwww.syr.edu/research/refshelf/index.html).
The final paper will be graded on content (60%) and style (40%). Under the content
grade, the following items will be considered:
1) Clarity/persuasiveness of the thesis
2) Organization and logical flow (use of strong topic sentence to guide the reader through
the argument)
Under the style grade, the following items will be considered:
1) Spelling and grammar
2) Proper citation of sources
GRADING
Your course grade will be assessed using the following criteria:
1) Class participation
2) Discussion of reading assignments (2 @ 100 pts.)
3) Responses (22 @ 10 pts.)
4) Abstract/annotated bibliography
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200 pts. maximum
200 pts.
220 pts.
100 pts.
5) Oral presentation
6) Final project
100 pts.
300 pts.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
1140 pts.
Grade scale
100-94 A
93-90 A89-87 B+
86-84 B
83-80
79-77 C+
76-74 C
73-70
69-60 D
59 and below F
BC-
Course Schedule
January 19: Introduction
TWELFTH NIGHT
January 21
Reading Assignment
Twelfth Night, introduction + acts 1–2
Stern, Documents in Performance, 120-168.
Listening Assignment
“O Mistress Mine,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Hold Thy Peace,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Three Merry Men,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“There Dwelt a Man in Babylon,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Farewell Dear Heart,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Come Away, Come Away,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
January 25
Reading Assignment
Twelfth Night, acts 3-4
Stern, “New Directions: Inverted Commas Around the ‘Fun’: Music in Twelfth
Night”
Listening Assignment
“Ah Robin,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“I Am Gone Sir,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
January 27
Reading Assignment
Twelfth Night, act 5
Smith, Twelfth Night or What You Will: Texts and Contexts, 361-374.
Lindley, Shakespeare and Music, 199-128.
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Listening Assignment
“When that I Was,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“O Mistress Mine,” Shakespeare’s Music
HAMLET
February 2: Special Guest, Ross Duffin
Reading Assignment
Hamlet, introduction + acts 1-2
Minear, Reverberating Song, 89-123.
Listening Assignment
“Jeptha, Judge of Israel,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
February 4
Reading Assignment
Hamlet, acts 3-4
Eubanks Winkler, O Let Us Howle, 65-68; 85-93
Listening Assignment
“Why Let the Strucken Deer,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Bonny Sweet Robin,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Tomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Walsingham,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“And Will He Not Come Again,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
February 9 (Joint Class with Dympna Callaghan’s ETS Hamlet graduate seminar;
meet in HL 421; Special Guests: Dympna Callaghan and Ross Duffin)
Reading Assignments
Hamlet, act 5
Ortiz, Broken Harmony, 45-65.
Callaghan, Shakespeare Without Women, 49-74.
Listening Assignment
“Robin is to the Green Wood Gone,” Shakespeare’s Music
“I Loathe That I Did Love,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
MACBETH
February 11
Reading Assignment
Macbeth, introduction + acts 1-2
Austern, “‘Art to Enchant’,” 191-206.
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Listening Assignment
None
February 16
Reading Assignment
Macbeth, acts 3-5
Eubanks Winkler, O Let Us Howle, 18-62
Listening Assignment
“Come Away, Hecate,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
Black Spirits, Shakespeare’s Songbook
Witches’ Dance #1, 2, Shakespeare’s Music
“Come Away, Hecate,” Hark, Hark, The Lark
Witches’ Dance, Hark, Hark, The Lark
February 18
Reading Assignment
Davenant, Macbeth, acts 1-3
Eubanks Winkler, introduction, Music for Macbeth
Listening Assignment
In-class; Locke and Eccles music for Macbeth
February 23
Reading Assignment
Davenant, Macbeth, acts 4-5
Listening Assignment
In class; Leveridge music for Macbeth
Writing Assignment
Abstract and Annotated Bibliography Due
OTHELLO
February 25
Reading Assignment
Othello, introduction + acts 1-2
Minear, Reverberating Song, 53-87
Listening Assignment
“And Let Me the Cannikin Clink,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“King Stephen Was a Worthy Peer,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
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March 1
Reading Assignment
Othello, acts 3-4
Smith, “Admirable Musicians”
Listening Assignment
“Willow, Willow,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
March 3
Reading Assignment
Othello, act 5
Eubanks Winkler, O Let Us Howle, 68-85.
Walen, “Unpinning Desdemona”
Listening Assignment
“Willow, Willow,” Shakespeare’s Music
March 8
Reading Assignment
Grove Music Online, “Otello”
Hauger, “‘Othello’ and ‘Otello’”
Listening Assignment
Verdi, Otello, acts 1-2 (please see libretto on Blackboard for the translation)
March 10
Reading Assignment
Bini, “Reticence, a Rhetorical Strategy in Othello/Otello”
Leggatt, “Love and Faith in Othello and Otello”
Listening Assignment
Verdi, Otello, acts 3-4 (please see libretto on Blackboard for the translation)
March 15: No class, Spring Break
March 17: No class, Spring Break
THE TEMPEST
March 22
Reading Assignment
The Tempest, introduction + acts 1-2
Minear, Reverberating Song, 125-163.
Listening Assignment
“Come Unto These Yellow Sands,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
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“Full Fathom Five,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“While You Here Do Snoring Lie,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“The Master, the Swabber,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“No More Dams I’ll Make for Fish,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
March 24
Reading Assignment
The Tempest, acts 3-4
Lindley, Shakespeare and Music, 218-233.
Listening Assignment
“Flout ‘em and Cout ‘em,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“King Stephen Was a Worthy Peer,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Honor, Riches, Marriage, Blessing,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
March 29
Reading Assignment
The Tempest, act 5
Fox-Good, “Other Voices”
Neill, “Noises, /Sounds, and sweet airs”
Listening Assignment
“Where the Bee Sucks,” Shakespeare’s Songbook
“Full Fathom Five,” Shakespeare’s Music
“Where the Bee Sucks,” Shakespeare’s Music
March 31
Reading Assignment
Dryden/Davenant/Shadwell?, The Tempest, acts 1-2
Roger Covell, “Seventeenth-Century Music for The Tempest,” Studies in Music 2
(1968): 48-65.
Listening Assignment
The Enchanted Island, acts 1-2 (YouTube via Blackboard)
April 5
Reading Assignment
Dryden/Davenant/Shadwell?, The Tempest, acts 3-4
Eubanks Winkler, “Sexless Spirits”
Listening Assignment
The Enchanted Island, acts 3-4 (YouTube via Blackboard)
April 7
Reading Assignment
Dryden/Davenant/Shadwell?, The Tempest, act 5
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Eubanks Winkler, “A Thousand Voices: Performing Ariel”
Listening Assignment
The Enchanted Island, act 5 (YouTube via Blackboard)
April 12
Reading Assignment
Scott-Douglass, “This Tempest’s Hers”
Listening/Viewing Assignment
Sams, The Enchanted Island, act 1 (please see Blackboard for a copy of the score
+ link to performance)
April 14: No class; Keynote @ University of South Carolina
April 19
Reading Assignment
Buchanan, “Not Sycorax”
Listening/Viewing Assignment
Sams, The Enchanted Island, act 2 (please see Blackboard for a copy of the score
+ link to performance)
April 21: Presentations + Discussion
April 26: Presentations + Discussion
April 28: No class; Keynote @ University of Washington
May 3: Presentations + Discussion
SUBMIT FINAL PAPERS INTO TURN IT IN BY 11:59 PM, MAY 9TH
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