THE MANY FACES OF THE SAME FACE

THE WRITING WORLD OF SONGS

Authors

  • Adalberto de Paula Paranhos UFU

Keywords:

meaning production, re-signification, popular music

Abstract

This text aims to show how a song, as a cultural artifact, is far from having a fixed meaning. To do so, it retaques some compositions – immersed in a whole net of historical relationships in the musical domain –, suggesting they are appropriated e reappropriated according to different set of meanings. As a sound chameleon, their senses move to an extent where the song loses its original significance given by its author. In parallel with the analysis os different performances of the same song, this paper also searches to draw attention to some methodological precautions the researcher must take in dealing with musical language.

Author Biography

Adalberto de Paula Paranhos, UFU

Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em História da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU). Doutor em História Social pela PUC-SP, com pós-doutorado em Música pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq. Autor, entre outros livros, de Os desafinados: sambas e bambas no “Estado Novo”. São Paulo: Intermeios/CNPq/Fapemig, 2015. akparanhos@uol.com.br

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Published

2022-01-30

How to Cite

PARANHOS, A. de P. THE MANY FACES OF THE SAME FACE: THE WRITING WORLD OF SONGS. Journal of History Bilros: History(s), Society(ies) and Culture(s), [S. l.], v. 8, n. 16, 2022. Disponível em: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/bilros/article/view/7605. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 16 (2020): BILROS

Section

ARTIGOS

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Copyright (c) 2022 Adalberto de Paula Paranhos

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