Music with Words: A Composer's View

Virgil Thomson

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Music with Words: A Composer's View

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.

112 pages

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	May 15, 2014
ISBN13	9780300209815
Publishers	Yale University Press
Pages	112
Dimensions	178 × 254 × 250 mm · 340 g
Language	English

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