This Behind the Bookcase tour will explore the intersection of genres in the first half of the 20th century, and how the discipline of music led the arts into Modernism. We will be looking at the incendiary works of Igor Stravinsky, the collaborative musicology of Ezra Pound and George Antheil, and John Cage’s structured silence. We will also discuss the impact of Modernist literary figures on the music scene by looking at works by James Joyce and Dylan Thomas in the Rosenbach’s collection.  

Musician and novelist Wesley Stace presents a unique seminar experience, an opportunity to read works of literature that attempt to capture, on the page, the essence of music.