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Popular music has used parody in a variety of ways. These include parodies of earlier music, for comic or (sometimes) serious effect; parodies of musical and performing styles; and parodies of particular performers. Before the 20th century, popular song frequently borrowed hymn tunes and other church music and substituted secular words.
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The original use of the term "parody" in music referred to re-use for wholly serious purposes of existing music. In popular music that sense of "parody" is still applicable to the use of folk music in the serious songs of such writers as Bob Dylan, but in general, "parody" in popular music refers to the humorous distortion of musical ideas or lyrics or general style of music.
The quodlibet took on additional functions between the beginning and middle of the 19th century, when it became known as the potpourri and the musical switch.In these forms, the quodlibet would often feature anywhere from six to fifty or more consecutive "quotations"; the distinct incongruity between words and music served as a potent source of parody and entertainment. [4]
The first music parody “In Living Color” tackled in its first season was MC Hammer’s ubiquitous “U Can’t Touch This.” With Tommy Davidson playing the superstar rapper, he and the cast ...
Parody music in the truest sense is a type of work that seriously imitates a well-known original and simultaneously covertly satirizes the environment of which that original is a part (compare, pastiche which does not perform the latter and is conflated with "homages") while at worst is copying an original composition for a "parodic effect" only.
The Unauthorized Musical Parody,” a sendup of the beloved Richard Curtis rom-com classic, will return to the stage. The Off-Broadway production, which is produced by Right Angle Entertainment ...