7. MACBETH
Shakespeare’s plays
Date Written
Date Range
(conjectures of the best editors)
(composition / performance)
First Published
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
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
IN SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH
Trumpets
MACDUFF (A5, sc5, 9-10)
Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.
Hautboys
A1, sc6 (didascalia iniziale) (T59);
A1, sc7 (didascalia iniziale) (T63);
A4, sc1, 103-5 (T143): MACBETH
non ne riconosce il «noise»?
↘
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
Flourish
A1, 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
Alarum
A1, sc2 (didascalia iniziale) (T33);
A5, sc6, did. finale;
A5, sc7, ca. 23, 29, 37, 64 (ripetuto)
(T195 segg.)
Sennet
A3, sc1 (didascalia dopo 11…) (T96)
La «musica» delle TreStreghe
A1, sc1, 11-12 (T31)
ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair:*
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.
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.
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
A1, sc3, 77-86 (T44)
Macbeth &
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?
Music
A1, sc7, 16-20 (T63)
MACBETH Besides, this Duncan
Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
So clear in his great office, that his virtues
Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
A2, sc1, 52-55, 63-65 (T63)
MACBETH
witchcraft celebrates The deep damnation of his taking-off;
Pale 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 rings
I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
A5, sc5, 24-28 (T189)
Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell **
MACBETH
That summons thee to heaven or to hell.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Ci vediamo giovedì 7 giugno
con l’ottavo e ultimo incontro
del secondo ciclo:
Giulio Cesare
A presto!
