MUS 3308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Then He Kissed Me, Frank Zappa, To Know Him Is To Love Him
23 Apr 2016
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Auteurs are selected for their innovative break with, or reworking of, established traditions and conventions. They generally exemplify two central aspects of popular music aesthetic: 1) extending the traditional form, 2) working with the form itself, breaking it up and subverting its conventions. Lady gaga and the spice girls are auteurs because they established new approaches to the production and marketing of pop. Auteur theory attributes meaning in cultural texts to the intentions of an individual creative source. Auteur concept is historically linked to writing and literary studies, where it has been applied to significant works deemed to have value, which are considered part of high culture: underpinned by notions of creativity and aesthetic value. Applying auteurship to popular music means distinguishing it from mass/popular culture, relating the field to notions of individual sensibility and enrichment. The concept attempts to provide authoritative meanings of texts and has largely been reserved for figures seen as outstanding talents.
