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Walking in Colour: Another Look at Musical Ekphrasis through Marc Chagall's Jerusalem Windows.

Authors :
CONNOLLY, THOMAS C.
Source :
Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal. Mar2018, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p161-178. 18p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The article reassesses the validity of musical ekphrasis, examining a composition by Jacob Gilboa that recreates book "Jerusalem Windows" by Marc Chagall. It mentions representation in a visual or verbal text and rendering of that representation in musical language and conclusion a new definition of ekphrasis as "a representation in one medium of a text composed in another medium. It also mentions ways transforming musical ekphrasis into a viable and necessary creative and critical figure.

Subjects

Subjects :
*EKPHRASIS
*CREATIVE writing

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00271276
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
128480664
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/mos.2018.0010