Symphony and Song

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Symphony and Song is written by Victor Kennedy and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1443857335 (ISBN 10) and 9781443857338 (ISBN 13).

Symphony and Song takes its title from Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan,” and explores the relation between words and music from a variety of critical and practical perspectives. The contributors to this volume apply recent theoretical approaches ranging from the “Mozart Effect” in cognitive psychology, through stylistics and conceptual metaphor, to transtextuality in the analysis of a range of songs, song lyrics, poetry, ekphrastic prose, and instrumental music. Topics explored here include opera and pop music from around the world, Australian Aboriginal oral poetry, political instrumentalization and censorship of song lyrics, and teaching foreign language using songs.