This Man and Music By Anthony Burgess
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Christine Lee Gengaro is Professor of Music at Los Angeles City College<p>'There is a lot in this book to recommend it to Burgess readers. There is even more, I would say, to recommend it to scholars of music. For those interested in the meeting points of music and literature, it is essential reading. It is a deeply personal book, but one that any reader will come away from filled with interesting factoids, and a much better and braver sense of how the written and the heard can come together.'<br />Manchester review of books</p>
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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
In these eleven interconnected essays, Anthony Burgess explores the complex relationship between literature and music. Drawing on his experience as both a writer and composer, Burgess not only asks what literature can contribute to the art of composition, but how music can influence the process of writing. From the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, to the prose of James Joyce, to the lyrics of Lorenz Hart, Burgess takes the reader on a journey of discovery, pausing to consider philosophical conundrums of art and adaptation, questions of meaning, and his personal experiences.
Part-musical autobiography, part-literary and musical analysis, This Man and Music is a must-read for fans of Burgess who want to understand some of Burgess’s most enigmatic writing. Burgess’s erudition, wry humour and wit make this book a unique artefact in the stunning output of a prolific artist.