Spring Post 1: Music as Literature

     Can we consider music to be literature? Well, first, we must understand what is literature. The definition of literature given to you by a dictionary is: writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
     Honestly, I think we can add music to that list. Ideas are expressed in a lot of songs and if you were to truly listen to the lyrics, you would hear the literature in the music. Though similar, there are some differences in forms of literature. So, what is the difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera, and a symphony?  They are different by how the context in these forms of literature are expressed.