[microsound] Re: microsound Digest 29 Jun 2004 13:06:54 -0000 Issue 1204

[Santiago Calvo <santiagoacr@xxxxxxxxx>]

"how do you make a pun in music?"

Well, I think there are many examples that come close to that. While the audience in general is not very music-literate, they can be culture-literate, and a variety of musical statements of varied complexity can be understood by the general audience.

For example, Señor Coconut's re-appropiations of original composition from many sources as salsa/latin music could probably qualify as a musical "joke" that could be understood by most people. The Portsmouth Simphonia's versions of the popular classics too. Moreover, they can be enjoyed at many different levels.

But it's true that in pure sound and musicological senses (stripping away the cultural aspects, to the extent that this is possible) it is a lot harder to make such complicated estatements and be widely understood.

Regards,

Santiago

 

 

		
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