Mr. Yeats sings the blues. O discuţie a albumului An Appointment with Mr. Yeats (The Waterboys) din perspectiva teoriei receptării
Mr. Yeats Sings the Blues. A Discussion of the Album An Appointment with Mr. Yeats (The Waterboys) from a Reception Theory Perspective.

Summary/Abstract: This article turns the spotlight on a relatively new scientific field, which lies at the intersection of Philology, Musicology and Cultural Studies – its (German) name, “Literaturpop”, and its scientific coordinates were proposed by a research group at the University of Cologne. We start from the premise that this new field could be explored by using the analysis tools of the reception theory, more precisely those used in the study of productive reception. While taking into account the terminology and classifications proposed by Hannelore Link, our discussion focuses on an interesting example of musical adaptation of literature: the album An Appointment with Mr. Yeats (2011) by the British folk-rock and blues-rock band The Waterboys. Based entirely on poems by the famous Irish author W.B.Yeats, the project was approached in a manner, at once philological and creative, by the leader, lead singer and composer of the band, Mike Scott. As a literary adaptation, accomplished using the collage technique, the project lies in the field of reproductive reception – as a musical adaptation it lies in the field of productive reception. The inclusion in this last category depends however on the identification of an artistic “marker”.

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