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Taking Funny Music Seriously
Lily E. Hirsch
- 268 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Taking Funny Music Seriously
Lily E. Hirsch
About This Book
Take funny music seriously! Though often dismissed as silly or derivative, funny music, Lily E. Hirsch argues, is incredibly creative and dynamic, serving multiple aims from the celebratory to the rebellious, the entertaining to the mentally uplifting.
Music can be a rich site for humor, with so many opportunities that are ripe for a comedic left turn. Taking Funny Music Seriously includes original interviews with some of the best musical humorists, such as Tom Lehrer, "the J. D. Salinger of musical satire"; Peter Schickele, who performed as the invented composer P. D. Q. Bach, the supposed lost son of the great J. S. Bach; Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome of the funny music duo Garfunkel and Oates; comedic film composer Theodore Shapiro; Too Slim of the country group Riders in the Sky; and musical comedian Jessica McKenna, from the podcast Off Book, part of a long line of "funny girls." With their help, Taking Funny Music Seriously examines comedy from a variety of genres and musical contextsâfrom bad singing to rap, classical music to country, Broadway music to film music, and even love songs and songs about death.
In its coverage of comedic musical media, Taking Funny Music Seriously is an accessible and lively look at funny music. It offers us a chance to appreciate more fully the joke in music and the benefits of getting that jokeâespecially in times of crisisâincluding comfort, catharsis, and connection.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. The Setup
- Part II. Jesting by Genre
- Part III. Humorous Music by Topic
- Conclusion: Comedic Music in Crisis
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author