Music as Practice: a Reinterpretation of the Concept of Intertextuality
Abstract
The concept of intertextuality, coined by Julia Kristeva (1967) from Mijaíl Bajtín’s idea of dialogism, has been studied by various musicologists including Robert Hatten (1995), Omar Corrado (1992), Rubén López Cano (2005, 2007 and 2018) and Mark Spicer (2009). These studies refer to the “textual” connection in music from different perspectives. This article proposes a different type of intertextual musical connections, based on John Fiske’s less restrictive idea, which embraces the study of other elements of musical practice that do not form part of the musical “text”. This new musicological standpoint is used to analyse several works by Les Luthiers and La Banda Elástica. The former is an Argentinian musical-comedy troupe that has been performing uninterruptedly for over 50 years. The latter was an instrumental ensemble group made up of eight musicians from the Argentinian jazz scene between 1988 and 1993.
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