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Taking funny music seriously

Hirsch, Lily E., 1979- author

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\"\"Lily Hirsch's Taking Funny Music Seriously seeks to provide an engaging but sophisticated take on a complex, understudied phenomenon - musical humor - for a general audience. The book wears its erudition and research lightly, and makes excellent use of interviews with some of the hardest to reach of the masters of comedic music, most notably Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach) and Tom Lehrer, who, at 92, probably gives his last word on musical comedy in this volume.\" - Robert Fink, author of Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice Taking Funny Music Seriously scouts comedic music, a precious form of entertainment media during a time when many of us need a joke more than ever, with music, like pandemic parody songs, providing comfort, catharsis, and connection. Reclusive parody-song legend Tom Lehrer told author Lily E. Hirsch that artists can actually get the biggest laugh when audiences are \"nervous\" and \"uncomfortable,\" so it makes sense that with worldwide high anxiety and isolation sharing a video that makes you laugh with funny music can be a lifeline. In its coverage of musical, comedic media, Taking Funny Music Seriously is an accessible and lively look at comedic music in various genres and by themes including \"Bad Singing,\" \"Tapping into Movie Music,\" and \"Silly Love Songs.\"\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Subject: Humor in music. / Humorous songs History and criticism. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies / PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy
• ISBN: 9780253069948, 9780253069955

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ML65 HIR	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE