Music and Literature: A Comparison of the Arts

ABA form absolute music Aiken alliteration already artistic association assonance attempt Beethoven's bird chords clearly composer composition Conrad Aiken considered contrapuntal counterpoint death device effect entirely example fact feeling final fugue give hear Hebrides Overture hence idea imitation instrumental interesting Leitmotiv lilac literal literary meaning melody merely mind mood movement music and literature musical analogy musical form narrative nature necessarily night Ninth Symphony obvious octave opera orchestra parallel passage Pastoral Symphony pattern phrase piece pitch play poet poetic poetry possible present principle problem program music programmatic purely musical relationships repeated repetition rhyme rhythm rhythmic Richard Strauss rondo Schubert simply sonata form song sonnet sound speech stanza star statement Strauss structure suggestion syllables symbols symphonic poem Symphony thee thing timbre tion tone Tonio Tonio Kröger verbal verse vocal music voice Wagner words write