Concise Handbook of Word and Music Studies

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Concise Handbook of Word and Music Studies is written by Peter Dayan and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004729100 (ISBN 10) and 9789004729100 (ISBN 13).

Why are we so often told that poetry is like music – or that it is music? Can music communicate meaning, as literature can? When words and music get together in song, what passes between them? Are they allies or enemies? The Word and Music Association was founded, nearly thirty years ago, to ponder such questions. This book tells the tale of the conflicting strands of thought that have lived in and around the Association, where they came from, and where they are heading. It is a fascinating intermedial history that also chronicles the evolution of our assumptions about the arts.