The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-22118-4 (ISBN)
Poets, literary critics, and lovers of poetry often speak of the “music of poetry.” The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music gives substance to the metaphor by building on recent research in linguistics and music theory to propose a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms. It develops a rule-based methodology for assigning normative readings to the rhythms and contours of poetic lines. Each component of the theory is compared to earlier treatments both in traditional prosody and in generative metrics and intonational phonology. The theory’s predictions correspond well to recorded readings by poets and actors. The book also advances an original hierarchical treatment of syllabic rhyme, alliteration, and assonance.
The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music is an interdisciplinary project. In reconceiving prosody in musical terms, it offers a detailed treatment of the cognitive organization of poetic sounds, and by implication it supports the claim that music and language have a common ancestry in expressive vocalization. This book will engage readers of poetry, literary scholars, musicians, philosophers, and cognitive scientists interested in the intersection of the musical and linguistic capacities.
Fred Lerdahl is Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition at Columbia University. An acclaimed composer and music theorist, he has written numerous orchestral and chamber pieces, three of which have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in music. His books include A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, with linguist Ray Jackendoff (1983); Tonal Pitch Space (2001); and Composition and Cognition: Reflections on Contemporary Music and the Musical Mind (2020).
Preface
1. Prelude
2. Prosodic rhythm
3. Historical Approaches to Prosodic Rhythm
4. Generative Approaches to Prosodic Rhythm
5. Contour
6. Transcriptions and Analyses
7. Sound Color
8. Coda
Appendix A: Cited Poems
Appendix B: Metrical Grids and Time Signatures
Appendix C: Rule Index
Appendix D: Links to Recordings
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures |
| Zusatzinfo | 159 B&W figures |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-231-22118-5 / 0231221185 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-22118-4 / 9780231221184 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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