Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and an Irish song tradition inspired Paul McCartney on The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Paul used many of his literary and musical favorites in his songs. In The Lyrics ...
The Olivier Awards will mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with an exclusive performance from singer Jack Savoretti. Savoretti will perform Sonnet 18, Shakespeare's famous "Shall I ...
Hello, and greetings from Hong Kong. You asked about a piece of “music that transforms, or emulates, or sheds new light on a different work of art.” One such is David Gilmour (vocalist and guitarist ...
TO complete our Shakespeare sequence, here, on the four-hundredth anniversary of his death, are two of his most dazzling sonnets, dealing, as ever, with love and mortality.
An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting ...