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Adam Gopnik: Words and Music
Adam Gopnik's experience of writing a libretto casts light on the mysterious relationship between words and music.
"Sung words belong more fully to the world of ritual and routine, of incantation and mother's murmurings, than to the fully lucid and well-lit world of argument."
Producer:Sheila Cook.
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Adam Gopnik's experience of writing a libretto casts light on the mysterious relationship between words and music.
"Sung words belong more fully to the world of ritual and routine, of incantation and mother's murmurings, than to the fully lucid and well-lit world of argument."
Producer:Sheila Cook.
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