Eliot's literary quotations are drawn from many sources and are invested with personal meaning. This situation is also to be found in the music of Ives, Stravinsky, Copland, Crumb, Rochberg and others. Specific examples, such as Ives's reference to the beginning of Beethoven's Fifth in his Concord Sonata (the "Alcotts" movement), Stravinsky's allusions to Bach, Pergolesi and others in his neo-classic music, and Berg's Tristan quotation in the Lyric Suite, are mentioned. The significance of music to Eliot's poetry is discussed. A parallel between the poetry of Eliot and the music of Stravinsky is drawn.

Works: Ives: Concord Sonata (194); Berg: Lyric Suite (194).

Index Classifications: 1900s

Contributed by: David C. Birchler