The conference explores the reciprocal relationship between poetry and sound/music. It examines the various musical or sonic realizations of poetry in the digital age: from contemporary art song to rap and experimental spoken word to poetic sound installations. At the same time, the musicality of contemporary poetry is considered: the way in which sound and music are present in poetic texts and their performances, both in form and content.
Susanne Kogler (Graz): On the function of poetry in contemporary musical creation