What is the best book about music and literature?

Literature and music were in their beginnings as Siamese sisters: the word existed in the fusion of sound art emphasizing its meaning beautiful sound, sound art and combined with the word co-creating the sound and interpreting meaning. Reading the works of ancient poems, epics and playwrights, so we can not forget that we are dealing with texts "incomplete", which meant the creator, and in accordance with the then cultural tradition, were designed to perform the vocal.

This book is a compendium of knowledge on the interaction between literature and music. The author showed the penetration of themes from ancient times to today, pointing to the continuation and establishment within the two title pieces. The album is accompanied by a CD with music tracks discussed.

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