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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> In this practical stylish and authoritative book composer and critic Virgil Thomson reveals how he learned to compose music for English poetry and prose illustrating his ideas with numerous examples from his own works. Thomson discourses on the union of poetry and music “older” he says “than recorded time.” He speaks of the neces-sity of setting words to music (and not the other way around) and of the impor-tance of laying out the text in word-groups to clarify its musical meaning. Thomson offers practical suggestions on how a melody is made how a musical idea evolves that turns text into tune how the instrumental accompaniment can set the scene what kinds of music are available to word setters. (LL)