3308 topic 6
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MUS 3308 Topic 6
Genres, Covers, and Authenticity
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Genres
A category or type
An organizing element
Musical characteristics
Time periods
Uses
Types of listeners
Defined in part by distinctions made by the music industry
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Genres
Genres standardize codes and conventions
Musical, lyric, visual, ideological
These codes are fluid
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Dimensions of popular music genres
Placed in the context of historical roots and social context
Stylistic traits in the music
Non-musical stylistic traits
Primary audience
The styles durability
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Genres
Metagenres
Genres
Subgenres
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Sampling
Copyright
Creativity
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Musical borrowing and appropriation
Appropriation
The artistic use of anothers work in the creation of a new
piece (Dettmar 2011, 289)
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Appropriation in art
Andy Warhol, Campbells Soup Cans (1962)
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Da Vinci, The Last Supper
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Warhol, The Last Supper (1986)
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Warhol, The Last Supper (1986)
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Appropriation Remaking pop standards
The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like Im doing now, man, for
more years than I know. --Elvis
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Authenticity
Authors intent
Style and genre manipulation
Musical originality
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Authenticity
Pop and rock polarized
Pop = artifice
Rock = authentic
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Authenticity
Allan Moore (2002) Authenticity of expression
Authenticity of experience
Authenticity of execution
Authenticity is ascribed to the performance rather than inscribed within it
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Covers
Originating moment
Spectrum of copies
Original
Direct copy
Minor interpretation
Major interpretation
Parody
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Interpreting Cover Songs
Considerations include:
Appropriation
Authenticity
Intertextuality
Context Genre
Time period
Gender
Race
Location
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Interpreting Covers
Examples:
All American Rejects cover of Brittany Spears Womanizer
Mandy Moores cover of Rihannas Umbrella
Beyonces version of B.C. Jeans If I Were a Boy
Ann is Okays cover of Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball
A Day to Remembers cover of Kelly Clarksons Since Youve
Been Gone
How do the meanings change in these versions?
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