Lyric cousins : poetry and musical form
Music and literature Poetry
Edinburgh University Press
2016
EISBN 9781474402934
About time.
Abstract form.
Drawing the line.
Chromaticism.
Density.
The meaning of 'meaning'.
Song.
And story came too : from epic to opera.
Closer still : the total artwork.
The consolations of tradition.
Radical measures.
Performance : the role of the audience.
Today, poetry and art music occupy similar cultural positions.AÌ‚Â This is a study of these two formal craft traditions that is concerned with the similarities in their roles, structures, projects and capacities.
Abstract form.
Drawing the line.
Chromaticism.
Density.
The meaning of 'meaning'.
Song.
And story came too : from epic to opera.
Closer still : the total artwork.
The consolations of tradition.
Radical measures.
Performance : the role of the audience.
Today, poetry and art music occupy similar cultural positions.AÌ‚Â This is a study of these two formal craft traditions that is concerned with the similarities in their roles, structures, projects and capacities.
