MUSIC AS LITERATURE
Can we consider music to be literature? what is the difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera and a symphony?

Music is the vocal or instrumental sounds, or even both. That are combined in such a way that creates such beauty and expresses emotion. Whereas literature are written works. But between music and literature, they both tell a story. For instance "Bohemian Rhapsody" By Queen, tells a story about a young man who accidentally committed a crime and sold his soul to the devil. Music and literature both create sound and are put into writing. Between music and literature, they are both works of art. so yes, music is considered to be literature. The difference between a novel and rap, is that at novel is a narrative structure and story whereas a rap is a type of music that in which the words are told rapidly.