Poetry holds a very strong musical background, especially sonnets. With devices like iambic pentameter, rhyme sequence, and the set amount of syllables and lines, sonnets become a more formulaic form of poetry. Music is as well formulaic; there is a set percussion (often unchanging), bass tones to complement the treble tones, everything aspect of a musical piece has to fit with each other.
I came across a musical interpretation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 by Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright. This music video/performance was done by the Berliner Ensemble in 2009. Like interpreting literature, this piece definitely required me to re-watch and review multiple times before I could really begin interpreting.
Performance Here
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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