{"id":6927,"date":"2026-06-04T22:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preislerpublisher.com\/amazon-products\/ampr-klaviermusik\/pp-b0cw9mmxkz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:40:02","slug":"pp-b0cw9mmxkz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preislerpublisher.com\/en\/amazon-products\/ampr-klaviermusik\/pp-b0cw9mmxkz\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shakespeare, Sonnets of Time: Songs for Medium Voice by Alexander Thorburn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonnets of Time is a project inspired by a play co-written with Canadian actor\/director Peter Van Wart, who was associated with the Globe Theatre in London. Originally involving songs based on Shakespeare\u2018s sonnets for a non-singing performer, the play itself was never produced. Instead, the project evolved into a collection of ten songs, each interpreting a famous Shakespeare sonnet with simple, popular-style music.<\/p>\n

The songs represent a life journey from birth to death, with adventurous harmonic language and melodies reflecting the natural inflection of an English speaker. The rhythms are directly influenced by the original texts of the sonnets. Interestingly, it is believed that Shakespeare wrote these sonnets for financial gain, possibly commissioned by an unknown patron, and they were the only works he published in his lifetime. His recognition as a playwright only came posthumously, despite the production of his plays during his life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contents<\/span><\/h4>\n
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  1. Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer\u2019s Day (Sonnet 18)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. My Mistress\u2019 Eyes (Sonnet 130)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds (Sonnet 116)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. O Thou, My Lovely Boy (Sonnet 126)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. When I Do Count the Clock (Sonnet 12)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. When I Consider Everything That Grows (Sonnet 15)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Like as the Waves (Sonnet 60)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. An Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  9. As a Decrepit Father (Sonnet 37)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  10. No Longer Mourn for Me (Sonnet 71)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Fran\u00e7ais \/ French<\/span><\/h4>\n

    Sonnets of Time est un projet inspir\u00e9 d'une pi\u00e8ce co-\u00e9crite avec l'acteur\/r\u00e9alisateur canadien Peter Van Wart, associ\u00e9 au Globe Theatre de Londres. Impliquant \u00e0 l\u2019origine des chansons bas\u00e9es sur les sonnets de Shakespeare pour un interpr\u00e8te non chanteur, la pi\u00e8ce elle-m\u00eame n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 produite. Au lieu de cela, le projet a \u00e9volu\u00e9 vers une collection de dix chansons, chacune interpr\u00e9tant un c\u00e9l\u00e8bre sonnet de Shakespeare avec une musique simple et populaire.<\/p>\n

    Les chansons repr\u00e9sentent un voyage de vie, de la naissance \u00e0 la mort, avec un langage harmonique aventureux et des m\u00e9lodies refl\u00e9tant l'inflexion naturelle d'un anglophone. Les rythmes sont directement influenc\u00e9s par les textes originaux des sonnets. Il est int\u00e9ressant de noter que Shakespeare a \u00e9crit ces sonnets dans un but lucratif, peut-\u00eatre \u00e0 la demande d'un m\u00e9c\u00e8ne inconnu, et ce sont les seules \u0153uvres qu'il a publi\u00e9es de son vivant. Sa reconnaissance en tant qu'auteur dramatique ne lui est venue qu'\u00e0 titre posthume, malgr\u00e9 la production de ses pi\u00e8ces de sa vie.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Deutsch \/ German<\/span><\/h4>\n

    \"Sonnets of Time\" ist ein Projekt, inspiriert von einem Theaterst\u00fcck, das gemeinsam mit dem kanadischen Schauspieler\/Regisseur Peter Van Wart geschrieben wurde, der mit dem Globe Theatre in London in Verbindung stand. Urspr\u00fcnglich umfasste es Lieder, die auf Shakespeares Sonetten f\u00fcr einen nicht singenden Darsteller basierten, doch das St\u00fcck selbst wurde nie produziert. Stattdessen entwickelte sich das Projekt zu einer Sammlung von zehn Liedern, von denen jedes ein ber\u00fchmtes Shakespeare-Sonett mit einfacher, popul\u00e4rer Musik interpretiert.<\/p>\n

    Die Lieder stellen die Lebensreise von der Geburt bis zum Tod dar, mit abenteuerlicher harmonischer Sprache und Melodien, die die nat\u00fcrliche Betonung eines englischsprachigen Sprechers widerspiegeln. Die Rhythmen sind direkt von den Originaltexten der Sonette beeinflusst. Es wird angenommen, dass Shakespeare diese Sonette als Auftragswerke schrieb, m\u00f6glicherweise im Auftrag eines unbekannten G\u00f6nners. Sie sind die einzigen Werke, die er zu Lebzeiten ver\u00f6ffentlichte. Seine Anerkennung als Dramatiker kam erst posthum, trotz seiner vielen Werke die er w\u00e4hrend seines Lebens schrieb.<\/span> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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