Writing between the Bar Unes
The second of four programmes in which Philip Dodd talks to leading novelists to find out why words and music have become so interwoven.
Sublime Words. At the beginning of the 20th century, classical music became a touchstone for writers who found in it a means of weaving together disparate themes in their novels. Modern-day novelists Peter Ackroyd , Alison Lurie and Rose Tremain are part of this tradition of authors who have used music to colour their work.
