TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kivy,Peter
TI  - Antithetical arts: on the ancient quarrel between literature and music 
SN  - 9780191721298 (ebook) :
AV  - ML3849 
U1  - 780.08 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Music and literature
KW  - Absolute music
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Peter Kivy presents a critical examination of the two rival ways of understanding instrumental music. He argues against 'literary' interpretation in terms of representational or narrative content, and defends musical formalism. He also discusses interpretations of a range of works in the canon
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562800.001.0001
ER  -