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The estranged quotation in Israeli popular music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2013

Yosef Goldenberg
Yosef Goldenberg*
Affiliation:
Deparment of Musicology, the Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus Campus, 9190500, Jerusalem, Israel The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Giv'at Ram Campus, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Israeli popular music includes many quotations from earlier Israeli songs as well as other Israeliana references. Quotations may take various forms, from cover versions to the mere evocation of song titles. This phenomenon preceded the rockisation of Israeli music, had its apex in the 1970s with early rockisation, and is continuing today, despite a certain decline. The purpose of the quotations is often a mere interaction with traditional materials, but it also sometimes expresses a striving towards an experience of life that is more sincere. Two subtopics of special significance are adolescence and political critique. Since earlier hegemony in Israel was maintained by the old left, the rock music rebellion was not as anti-capitalistic as in the Woodstock Festival, rather manifesting anti-authoritarian trends similar to (but milder than) those encountered in Eastern Europe.

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Popular Music , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , October 2013 , pp. 497 - 519
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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