This Man and Music - By Anthony Burgess

'What can literature and music do for each other?' In This man and music, novelist and composer Anthony Burgess explores the topic, touching on composition, poetry, prose, and his own personal experiences.

List of contents

Introduction

This man and music
1 Biographia musicalis
2 A matter of time and space
3 Let's write a symphony
4 Music and meaning
5 Meaning means language
6 Under the bam
7 Nothing is so beautiful as sprung
8 Re Joyce
9 Contrary tugs
10 Oedipus wrecks
11 Bonaparte in E flat

Appendices
1 Comparison of 'Blest Pair of Sirens' and 'Disharmonious Sisters' to This man and music
2 Original Prefatory Note from 'Blest Pair of Sirens'
3 Reviews
4 Excerpt from 'The Novel as Music'
5 Similar passages in This Man and Music [1982], The Pianoplayers [1986], and Little Wilson and Big God [1986]
6 Correspondence between Hans Keller and Anthony Burgess

Notes

About the author

Christine Lee Gengaro is Professor of Music at Los Angeles City College

Summary

‘What can literature and music do for each other?’ In This man and music, novelist and composer Anthony Burgess explores the topic, touching on composition, poetry, prose, and his own personal experiences. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Burgess, Christine Lee Gengaro
• Assisted by: Christine Lee Gengaro (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781526123916
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2391-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: The Irwell Edition of the Works of Anthony Burgess; The Irwell Edition of the Works of Anthony Burgess; Irwell Edition of the Works of
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs