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Taking Funny Music Seriously

Taking Funny Music Seriously

Hirsch, Lily E.

Paperback

Series: Comedy & Culture

General DramaGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0253069955
ISBN13: 9780253069955
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jul 2 2024
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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 contexts-from bad singing to rap, classical music to country, Broadway music to film music, and even love songs and songs about death.

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