“Music and its Narrative Potential” is a book about musical stories. It is a collection of thoughts on how music evokes narratives through its medium-specific strategies. This book is a multi-faceted consideration of narratives expressed through music. There are several threads and themes that flow and recur through its different chapters, the most prevailing of which are contemporary music, interdisciplinary approaches, contemporary narratology, and intermediality.
Carolien Van Nerom has an MA degree in Literary Studies as well as one in Music. Her research interests are focused on the narrativity of music. Ann Peeters is associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her research interests include intermediality, and multilingual pedagogies. Bart Bouckaert is professor in orchestral conducting and contemporary music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. He conducts several orchestras, also abroad.