Chtenia 32: Musical Writing

By: Olga Kuzmina

"Writing about music," Elvis Costello famously said, "is like dancing about architecture." Any author who chooses to write about music faces an immense task. The most abstract of all arts, music forces the writer to put into words and descriptions - much more concrete things by comparison - its ephemeral nature. Writing about music is indeed a form of translation: it comes with its sacrifices, but it also opens up new perspectives that would otherwise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517404673
• ISBN13: 9781517404673
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 6.0"