03783oam 2200529 450 991081610100332120230814221349.01-317-05965-41-315-60756-51-317-05964-610.4324/9781315607566 (CKB)4100000001038305(MiAaPQ)EBC4912187(OCoLC)1011118750(OCoLC)1011497447(OCoLC-P)1011497447(FlBoTFG)9781315607566(EXLCZ)99410000000103830520171114d2018 uy 0engurcnu---unuuurdacontentrdamediardacarrierSamuel Beckett, repetition and modern music /John McGrathAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY :Routledge,2018.1 online resource (191 pages) illustrations1-4724-7537-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.chapter 1 Music and literature / John McGrath -- chapter 2 Repetition in music and literature / John McGrath -- chapter 3 Musico-literary interaction in modern Ireland and the musical aesthetic of Samuel Beckett / John McGrath -- chapter 4 Beckett’s semantic fluidity -- Repetition in the later work / John McGrath -- chapter 5 Beckett and Feldman -- Time, repetition and the liminal space / John McGrath -- chapter 6 Improvising Beckett -- Chance, silence and repetition / John McGrath."Music abounds in twentieth- century Irish literature. Whether it be the "thought-tormented" music of Joyce's "The Dead", the folk tunes and opera that resound throughout Ulysses, or the four- part threnody in Beckett's Watt, it is clear that the influence of music on the written word in Ireland is deeply significant. Samuel Beckett arguably went further than any other writer in the incorporation of musical ideas into his work. Musical quotations inhabit his texts, and structural devices such as the da capo are metaphorically employed. Perhaps most striking is the erosion of explicit meaning in Beckett's later prose brought about through an extensive use of repetition, influenced by his reading of Schopenhauer's philosophy of music. Exploring this notion of "semantic fluidity", John McGrath discusses the ways in which Beckett utilised extreme repetition to create texts that operate and are received more like music. Beckett's writing has attracted the attention of numerous contemporary composers and an investigation into how this Beckettian "musicalised fiction" has been retranslated into contemporary music forms the second half of the book. Close analyses of the Beckett- inspired music of experimental composer Morton Feldman and the structured improvisations of avantjazz guitarist Scott Fields illustrate the cross- genre appeal of Beckett to musicians, but also demonstrate how repetition operates in diverse ways. Through the examination of the pivotal role of repetition in both modernist music and literature of the twentieth century, John McGrath's book is a significant contribution to the field of Word and Music Studies."--Provided by publisherMusic and literatureMusic20th centuryHistory and criticismRepetition in literatureRepetition in musicMusic and literature.MusicHistory and criticism.Repetition in literature.Repetition in music.780/.082McGrath John(Guitarist),702949OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910816101003321Samuel Beckett, repetition and modern music4122745UNINA