Discussion concerning the ’musicality’ of Samuel Beckett’s writing now constitutes a familiar critical trope in Beckett Studies, one that continues to be informed by the still-emerging evidence of Beckett’s engagement with music throughout his personal and literary life, and by the ongoing interest of musicians in Beckett’s work. The essays include
Discussion concerning the musicality of Samuel Becketts writing now constitutes a familiar critical trope in Beckett Studies, one that continues to be informed by the still-emerging evidence of Becketts engagement with music throughout his personal and literary life, and by the ongoing interest of musicians in Becketts work. In Becketts drama and prose writings, the relationship with music plays out in implicit and explicit ways. Several of his works incorporate canonical music by composers such as Schubert and Beethoven. Other works integrate music as a compositional element, in dialogue or tension with text and image, while others adopt rhythm, repetition and pause to the extent that the texts themselves appear to be scored. But what, precisely, does it mean to say that a piece of prose or writing for theatre, radio or screen, is musical? The essays included in this book explore a number of ways in which Becketts writings engage with and are engaged by musicality, discussing familiar and less familiar works by Beckett in detail. Ranging from the scholarly to the personal in their respective modes of response, and informed by approaches from performance and musicology, literary studies, philosophy, musical composition and creative practice, these essays provide a critical examination of the ways we might comprehend musicality as a definitive and often overlooked attribute throughout Becketts work.
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