Shakespeare in original pronunciation
March 5, 2013 at 11:57 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2013 at 12:06 am by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
Scholars have been able to come up with a pluasuble reconstruction of how spoken English sounded around 1600 based on a study of early books written on pronunciation and a study of texts. It sound very different from modern English. It has opened way to a greater understanding of English literature.
The parallels between this and historically informed musical performance are stricking (they overlap too in historically informed singing).
The parallels between this and historically informed musical performance are stricking (they overlap too in historically informed singing).
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
