Canciones de boda en la provincia de Guadalajara. Su proceso de creación y la dinámica de cambio

Abstract

Taking as a basis a specific collection of wedding songs compiled in the province of Guadalajara, we analyze the view that wedding rituals inspire in the same society that composed and recognized them as a creation of its own, and furthermore, the change which that society was subject to, as reflected by those occasional songs that were created for the sake of specific circumstances. Consideration is also given to the repercussions that social changes may have on the evolution of music. Both the texts and the different factors that are involved in the different phases of the musical process ( composers, interpreters and audience) bring to light a dynamics of change which, in the specific case assessed here, consist of small modifications or variants, both textual and musical, presumably leading to changes in style, while the repertoire continues in force; they manifest, though, more radical modifications that go as far as cause the substitution of a musical system for another, a circumstance that entails not only the disappearance of ancient repertoires but also the transformation of the very concept of music and of its cultural significance.