READING MUSIC: FURTHER ADVENTURES IN CREATIVE MUSICOLOGY
Keywords:
narratology, fiction, creative musicology, theory, compositionAbstract
This article considers words and music in close proximity: how ‘words about music’ might occupy themselves in ways other than as ‘mere’ exegesis, and how ‘music about words’ might challenge music’s assumed self-sufficiency. Through examples of my work in ‘creative musicology’, I explore that hinterland where literary-poetic writing borders musicology. An underlying premise of the article is that the products of musical creation are always already ‘critical work done’.
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