Semiotics of song: lyrics, music, and performance

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1980-4016.esse.2021.191373

Keywords:

Semiotics, Linguistics, Prosody, Music, Enactment

Abstract

Semiotic studies regarding song often tend to isolate lyrics and the melodical profile, whether from the concrete musical coating (meaning, the concrete realisation of song through voice and musical instruments, in which poetry and music find themselves articulated), whether from the musical performance (in which musicians, on stage or on screen, dialogue with cinema and theatre, in other words, with the dramatic arts). The following semiotic essay aims to go beyond such semiotic studies, expanding its theoretical reach beyond the abstract links between lyrics and melody, in which the instrumentalization and musical performance are not even acknowledged.

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Author Biography

  • Antonio Vicente Pietroforte, Universidade de São Paulo

    Professor Titular de Semiótica do Departamento de Linguística da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, docente do curso de Letras e dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Semiótica e Linguística Geral e em Estudos Comparados em Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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BARTHES, Roland. O óbvio e o obtuso. Porto: Edições 70, 1984.

GUISNBURG, Jacó; COELHO NETTO, J. Teixeira; CARDOSO, Reni Chaves. Semiologia do teatro. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1978.

TATIT, Luiz. O cancionista. São Paulo: Edusp, 1996.

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Published

2021-12-20

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2021): Thematic issue - Semiotics, music and song

Section

Teoria, epistemologia e metodologia

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How to Cite

Pietroforte, A. V. (2021). Semiotics of song: lyrics, music, and performance. Estudos Semióticos, 17(3), 19-41. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1980-4016.esse.2021.191373