Zapravo, kao i uvijek kad nešto ima veze s popKulturom, Oscar Wilde još krajem 19. stoljeća piše česticu centralnog međuglazbenog i međuknjiževnog tkiva: Language requires to be tuned, like a violin: and just as too many or too few vibrations in the voice of the singer or the trembling of the string will make the note false, so too much or too litle in words will spoil the message..., rangirajući svoja djela kao making of beautiful coloured musical things such as Salome and Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane.