REVIEW | Song Interpretation in 21st Century Pop Music.
2016; International Association for the Study of Popular Music; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5429/2079-3871(2016)v6i1.10en
ISSN2079-3871
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Musicological Studies
ResumoNo two listeners hear music the same way.In spite of this, most popular music analysis is undertaken by lone analysts, and accordingly interpreted only through their unique preferences and tastes.The field of "new musicology" has proliferated through tenets of flexibility and interdisciplinarity, but despite its pioneering approach to methodology, a predilection for subjectivity lingers.Song Interpretation in 21st Century Pop Music offers a counterpoint to this ubiquitous perspective.The book's first half consists of individual analyses; the second half, in contrast, comprises of collaborative analyses undertaken by small groups with varying backgrounds, disciplines, and musical tastes.The substance of Song Interpretation in 21st Century Pop Music was conceived at a musicology summer school in Osnabrück, Germany in 2011, and its two-part structure parallels that of the convention: lecturers presented individual analyses, then students were tasked with group collaborative analyses.The first half, "Listening Alone", represents the lecturers' individual presentations.In some cases the methods and perspectives utilised are relatively conventional; for instance, Walter Everett's analysis of "I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab For Cutie examines the harmonic conventions against which audiences subconsciously compare the music they hear; Anne Danielsen's analysis of "Nasty Girl" by Destiny's Child explores the shortcomings of extant
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