Music Text and Translation

Expanding the notion of translation this book specifically focuses on the transferences between music and text. The concept of 'translation' is often limited solely to language transfer. It is however a process occurring within and around most forms of artistic expression. Music considered a language in its own right often refers to text discourse and other art forms. In translation this referential relationship must be translated too.<br/><br/>How is music affected by text translation? How does music influence the translation of the text it sets? How is the sense of both the text and the music transferred in the translation process?<br/><br/>Combining theory with practice the book questions the process and role translation has to play in a musical context. It provides a range of case studies across interdisciplinary fields. It is the first collection on music in translation that is not restricted to one discipline including explorations of opera libretti surtitling art song musicals poetry painting sculpture and biography alongside looking at issues of accessibility.