What is “Musical Work” in Popular Music?

DOI
  • MASUDA Satoshi
    Musicology Division, Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Osaka University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • ポピュラー音楽における「作品」とは何か
  • An Attempt towards Semiotic Studies
  • 記号学的考察の試み

Description

In popular music, the concept of “musical work” is different from that of so-called “classical” music (western art music in the modern era). As music copyright shows, however, there are a number of discourses in which popular music is understood in the paradigm of “classical” musical works.<br>In this paper, by analyzing general discourses about popular music on a semiotic framework based on the theory of Joseph Margolis, the auther considers what logical structure maintains and produces the identity of the concept of musical works in popular music, and explains the difference from the concept of “classical” music. Then the auther discusses that the alternation of “musical work” has been generated from a new relation between musical practices and reproduction technology such as recording media.

Journal

  • Popular Music Studies

    Popular Music Studies 1 22-34, 1997

    The Japanese Association for the Study of Popular Music

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680300994048
  • NII Article ID
    130003661520
  • DOI
    10.11385/jaspmpms1997.1.22
  • ISSN
    18835945
    13439251
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

Report a problem

Back to top