Antithetical Arts: On the Ancient Quarrel Between Literature and Music

by Peter Kivy

Antithetical Arts constitutes a defence of musical formalism against those who would put literary interpretations on the absolute music canon. In Part I, the historical origins of both the literary interpretation of absolute music and musical formalism are laid out. In Part II, specific attempts to put literary interpretations on various works of the absolute music canon are examined and criticized. Finally, in Part III, the question is raised as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199596298
• ISBN13: 9780199596294
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"