7. MACBETH

Date Written Date Range First Published

Shakespeare’s plays

(conjectures of the best editors) (composition / performance)

Othello 1604 1598 - 1604 1623

King Lear 1605 1598 - 1606 1608

Macbeth 1606 1603 - 1611 1623

Antony and Cleopatra 1606 1598 - 1608 1623

Timon of Athens 1606 1598 - ? 1623

HautboysA1, sc6 (didascalia iniziale) (T59); A1, sc7 (didascalia iniziale) (T63); A4, sc1, 103-5 (T143): MACBETH non ne riconosce il «noise»?

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Alarum A1, sc2 (didascalia iniziale) (T33); A5, sc6, did. finale; A5, sc7, ca. 23, 29, 37, 64 (ripetuto) (T195 segg.)

Drum(s)A1, sc3, 28-36 (T39): WITCHES e l’arrivo di MACBETH; A5, sc2, didascalia iniziale (T177), analoga a quella della sc4, sc5, sc6

TrumpetsMACDUFF (A5, sc5, 9-10)Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.

FlourishA1, sc4 (didascalia iniziale) (T49); A1, sc4 (didascalia finale) (T53); A5, sc7, ca 64 (T199); A5, sc7, ca 88 (T201); A5, sc7, ca 124 (T201): fanfara finale

SennetA3, sc1 (didascalia dopo 11…) (T96)

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH

La «musica» delle TreStreghe

A1, sc1, 11-12 (T31)ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair:*

HECATE [A4, sc1, 39-43 (T137)]O well done! I commend your pains;And every one shall share i' the gains;And now about the cauldron sing,Live elves and fairies in a ring,Enchanting all that you put in.Music and a song: 'Black spirits,' & c

HECATE retires

A3, sc5, didascalia iniziale (T127)**Thunder.Enter the three Witches meeting HECATE

A4, sc1, 128-131 (T145)First Witch I'll charm the air to give a sound,While you perform your antic round:That this great king may kindly say,Our duties did his welcome pay.

A4, sc1, 1 segg (T135) First Witch Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.Second Witch Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.Third Witch Harpier cries 'Tis time, 'tis time.[…]ALL Double, double toil and trouble; *Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

A1, sc3, 77-86 (T44)MACBETH Your children shall be kings.BANQUO You shall be king.MACBETH And thane of Cawdor too: went it not so?BANQUO To the selfsame tune and words. Who's here?

A5, sc5, 24-28 (T189)MACBETHLife's but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.

A2, sc1, 52-55, 63-65 (T63)MACBETH witchcraft celebratesPale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,* Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. […]

A bell ringsI go, and it is done; the bell invites me.Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell **That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

A1, sc7, 16-20 (T63)MACBETH Besides, this DuncanHath borne his faculties so meek, hath beenSo clear in his great office, that his virtuesWill plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, againstThe deep damnation of his taking-off;

Macbeth & Music

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