Music and Poetry: Essays Upon Some Aspects and Inter-Relations of the Two Arts

by Sidney Lanier

Book Overview

An informative and suggestive study. Contents: From Bacon to Beethoven The Orchestra of Today The Physics of Music Two Descriptive Orchestral Works: The Ocean Symphony; Raid of the Vikings The Maryland Musical Festival The Centennial Cantata The Legend of St. Leonor Nature-Metaphors A Forgotten English Poet The Death of Byrhtnoth Chaucer and Shakespeare Review of Hayne's Poetry John Barbour's Bruce This title is cited and recommended by: Books for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410211371
• ISBN13: 9781410211378
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"