Samuel Beckett and Music

Samuel Beckett, one of the century's most original playwrights and novelists, was also passionately interested in music. He once told a friend that all his work had been written for a voice. Samuel Beckett and Music is a collection of essays, most written especially for the volume, which consider this aspect of his work. In it, Mary Bryden brings together a number of leading composers and academics who analyse their response to Beckett's intense musicality.