In the development process of human history, music and literature have their own unique characteristics, and also are closely related to each other. Both own a very long history and maintain an interdependent relation...In the development process of human history, music and literature have their own unique characteristics, and also are closely related to each other. Both own a very long history and maintain an interdependent relationship with each other. The dances accompanied by music in China＇ s primitive tribes and the lyric poetry in the ancient Greek times can be said to be the coexistence form of music and literature. Although music and literature have undergone a whole development process from a unified development to an independent development, there are links always maintained between the two art forms. In this paper, the coexistence and fusion between music and literature are specifically introduced from different aspects.展开更多
British-American historian Bernard Lewis famously condemned Arab and Islamic civilization for not having a polyphonic sense of music,even accusing them of accepting totalitarian ideologies and regimes because of their...British-American historian Bernard Lewis famously condemned Arab and Islamic civilization for not having a polyphonic sense of music,even accusing them of accepting totalitarian ideologies and regimes because of their taste for"monophonic"music.That is,having one single singer with all the music following the ups and downs of his or her voice.Polyphonic music,by contrast,is when a piece of music has two or more independent melodies in it.As for the related notion of counterpoint,this is from many voices present in the chorus of a classical Greek drama and a reference to the coordination evident in choir singing.展开更多
文摘In the development process of human history, music and literature have their own unique characteristics, and also are closely related to each other. Both own a very long history and maintain an interdependent relationship with each other. The dances accompanied by music in China＇ s primitive tribes and the lyric poetry in the ancient Greek times can be said to be the coexistence form of music and literature. Although music and literature have undergone a whole development process from a unified development to an independent development, there are links always maintained between the two art forms. In this paper, the coexistence and fusion between music and literature are specifically introduced from different aspects.
文摘British-American historian Bernard Lewis famously condemned Arab and Islamic civilization for not having a polyphonic sense of music,even accusing them of accepting totalitarian ideologies and regimes because of their taste for"monophonic"music.That is,having one single singer with all the music following the ups and downs of his or her voice.Polyphonic music,by contrast,is when a piece of music has two or more independent melodies in it.As for the related notion of counterpoint,this is from many voices present in the chorus of a classical Greek drama and a reference to the coordination evident in choir singing.
