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Three Shakespeare Sonnets
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Three Shakespeare Sonnets by Annette Kruisbrink Classical Guitar - Digital Sheet Music

By Annette Kruisbrink
Voice and guitar - Advanced - Digital Download

SKU: ZZ.DZ-4384-EX

Composed by Annette Kruisbrink. Ensemble License / Academic Use Score and part. Les Productions d'OZ - Digital #DZ-4384-EX. Published by Les Productions d'OZ - Digital (ZZ.DZ-4384-EX).

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is regarded as the greatest writer England has ever produced. He wrote 154 sonnets. For her ‘Three Shakespeare Sonnets’, Annette Kruisbrink selected numbers 17, 40, and 66, setting them to music for voice and guitar.

The original structure of Shakespeare’s sonnets, a fourteen-line poem made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and one concluding couplet, or set of two rhyming lines, has been adapted - without doing injustice to the text - into a form of two quatrains, followed by a set of two rhyming lines and a third quatrain for sonnets 17 and 40. The division in sonnet 66 is two times six lines, concluded by a couplet.

These different forms create a recognizable musical structure that harmonizes remarkably well with Shakespeare’s style of poetry writing.

Sonnet 17 is about the theme of immortalizing beauty and love through poetry. Sonnet 40 explores themes of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. Sonnet 66 is a powerful expression of frustration and despair about the corruption and injustices in the world.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) est considéré comme le plus grand écrivain que l’Angleterre ait jamais produit. Il a écrit 154 sonnets. Pour ses « Trois sonnets de Shakespeare », Annette Kruisbrink a sélectionné les numéros 17, 40 et 66, les mettant en musique pour voix et guitare.

La structure originale des sonnets de Shakespeare, un poème de quatorze lignes composé de trois quatrains, ou séries de quatre lignes, et d’un distique final, ou série de deux lignes rimées, a été adaptée – sans faire injustice au texte – sous la forme de deux quatrains, suivis d’un ensemble de deux lignes rimées et d’un troisième quatrain pour les sonnets 17 et 40. La division du sonnet 66 est de deux fois six lignes, conclues par un distique.

Ces différentes formes créent une structure musicale reconnaissable qui s’harmonise remarquablement bien avec le style d’écriture poétique de Shakespeare.

Le Sonnet 17 porte sur le thème de l'immortalisation de la beauté et de l'amour à travers la poésie. Le Sonnet 40 explore les thèmes de l'amour, de la trahison et du pardon. Le Sonnet 66 est une puissante expression de frustration et de désespoir face à la corruption et aux injustices dans le monde.

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