Difficult rhythm : music and the word in E. M. Forster / Michelle Fillion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- E. M. Forster's life in music -- "Creating" Lucia: the voice of Luisa Tetrazzini in Where angels fear to tread -- Wagnerism, "decadent" Wagnerites, and Wagnerian motives in The longest journey -- "New woman" or "piano girl": Lucy's music in A room with a view -- Not listening to Beethoven and Brahms at the Queen's Hall: music as vision in Howard's end -- Tchaikovsky and the deflowering of masculine love in Maurice -- "Beethoven's piano sonatas" (1939-40) and the twilight of the hero -- Claggart's monologue and the art of collaboration in Billy Budd -- Conclusion: difficult rhythm, prophetic song -- Appendix A: Forster's known ballets russes attendance -- Appendix B: Forster's known opera attendance.