It's also crazy how Shakespeare has that cadence, and it's about locking into the jazz of the language, just like locking into the rhythm in N.W.A's lyrics.
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Shakespeare's work is like a good song: you never really forget the main lines.
Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.
When poetry separates from song, then the words have to carry all the rhythm themselves; they have to do all the work. They can't rely on the singing voice.
Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something seems stuck.
The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.
There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.
I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.