William Shakespeare
- "Under the Greenwood Tree" by Donovan
- The album When Love Speaks features several of Shakespeare's works set to music:
- "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" performed by Rufus Wainwright (Sonnet 29)
- "No more be grieved at that which thou hast done" performed by Keb' Mo' (Sonnet 35)
- "The quality of mercy is not strained" performed by Des'ree (The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, scene 1)
- "The Willow Song" performed by Barbara Bonney (Othello, Act IV, scene 3)
- "Music to hear, why hearst thou music sadly" performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Sonnet 8)
- "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" performed by Bryan Ferry (Sonnet 18)
- Two pieces of Shakespeare's plays were set to music by Loreena McKennitt:
- "Cymbeline" by Loreena McKennitt (Cymbeline, Act V, scene 2)
- "Prospero's Speech" by Loreena McKennitt (The Tempest, Act V, scene 1)
- "O Mistress Mine" by Emilie Autumn- Album: A Bit O' this & That (Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene III)
- "Double Trouble", a song from the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban soundtrack, has rearranged lyrics taken entirely from Macbeth (Act IV, scene I)
Read more about this topic: List Of Songs Based On Poems
Famous quotes by william shakespeare:
“Ourself will mingle with society
And play the humble host.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Fear no more the frown o’ th’ great,
Thou art past the tyrant’s stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat,
To thee the reed is as the oak.
The sceptre, learning, physic, must
All follow this and come to dust.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steer’d.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Our wooing doth not end like an old play.
Jack hath not Jill.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“His valors shown upon our crests today
Have taught us how to cherish such high deeds
Even in the bosom of our adversaries.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)