Word and Music Studies (WMS)

Word and Music Studies is an international scholarly series dedicated to exploring the interdisciplinary relationship between literature and music. Established in 1999, the series investigates how musical and verbal forms interact across different cultural, historical, and theoretical contexts. It is widely regarded as a leading academic platform in the emerging field of word-music studies, which examines connections between textual meaning, sound structures, and musical expression. The series publishes peer-reviewed volumes that include research articles, theoretical essays, and case studies addressing topics such as opera, song, musical narration, lyrical poetry, aesthetics of sound, and intermediality between music and literature. Scholars contributing to the series come from fields including musicology, comparative literature, philosophy, and cultural studies. A key focus of Word and Music Studies is the analysis of how language and music jointly construct meaning and emotional expression. It also examines historical developments in musical-literary forms, from classical opera traditions to modern experimental compositions and multimedia art. Published by Brill, a major international academic publisher, the series is highly respected in humanities research. It serves as an important reference for interdisciplinary scholarship that bridges the gap between literary analysis and music theory.

Word and Music Studies (WMS) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Interdisciplinary studies of literature and music, Musicology, Literary theory, Comparative arts, Cultural studies, Aesthetics and semiotics, Opera and lyrical studies, research articles, theoretical essays, and case studies addressing topics such as opera, song, musical narration, lyrical poetry, aesthetics of sound, intermediality between music and literature, musicology, comparative literature, philosophy, cultural studies , Online , Yearly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN E-ISSN: 1566-0958, Established: 1999,
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE