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Music with Words: A Composers View
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ISBN10: 0300209819
ISBN13: 9780300209815
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 15 2014
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.40 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780300209815
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 15 2014
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.40 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
In this practical, stylish, and authoritative book, one of America's most influential musical figures reveals how he learned to compose music for English poetry and prose. Illustrated with numerous examples from his own works, Virgil Thomson's discourses on the union of poetry and music will delight and instruct anyone who composes, performs, or simply listens to vocal music.
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