Music as Literature

Music is something that can send some sort of message to all of us, whether the song describes love, sadness, joy and peace. I like to think that music is a different form of literature. If you were to ask anyone they would most likely tell you that literature has to do with reading and books, however the literal meaning of literature is a body of written works of a certain culture or period of time. A novel is a fictitious narrative of great length, whereas a poem is a piece of writing which usually refers to the nature of speech. A song is a composition of words that have a various collaboration of instruments and voice. Rap is a form of a song that usually tends to rhyme. An opera is a dramatic act which is sung with great power, a symphony is a composition of musical instruments usually in an orchestra.