Re: [microsound] Re: summer book lists?

[Aaron Ximm <ghede@xxxxxxxx>]

> > How do you make a pun in music?
>
> I'd say by intertextuality. You know all this talk about art as a discourse,
> it's pretty common (even more so in classical music) to refer to others'
> work in a piece of music. Often this is done humorously, though I'm not sure

I agree, my first thought was that the equivalent in music to a pun is
more like a literal (or at least discernible) allusion -- the first thing
that popped into mind was some bebop solo that quotes a phrase from "surry
with the fringe on top," pauses, and then blasts onwards. It was quick but
quite obvious. I know I've heard plenty of other less obvious examples
too.

The second thing that comes to mind, somewhat embarassingly, is my
familiarity with how the Grateful Dead would, while jamming, basically
"discuss" the next tune to drop in to ~ fans who were deeply familiar with
the repetoire could follow the conversation quite clearly, which was often
limited to very subtle or fragmentary tropes or rhythms...

Not punning in this case, but, well, conversation through a common musical
language!

 aaron

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