"Prominence Matching in English Songs: A Historical Perspective" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1886/ Author: Proto, Teresa. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Signa 22 (2013): 81–104. Annotation: Analyzes meter in popular songs from the thirteenth to seventeenth centuries, including the "Willow Song" in Othello. Argues that Shakespeare flouts the rule that spoken stress must match musical stress, suggesting that the stress rules may have been less rigid and that development of such a rule is "phonological rather than . . . metrical." Spanish and English summaries, 81-82. Language: English Tags: Music, Othello, Productions WSB Update: Spring 2015 WSB Record Number: bbbc1886