The World of Classical Music in the TV Series Mozart in the Jungle

Jelisaveta Mojsilović

doi:10.25038/am.v0i17.271

Authors

Jelisaveta Mojsilović

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i17.271

Keywords:

Mozart in the Jungle, TV series, artworld, institution, classical

Abstract

Mozart in the Jungle is a popular TV show in four seasons, which premiered in December 2014 from Amazon Studios. This series is the first of its type in the English language: focusing on classical music and the life of classical musicians as its topic. In this series, the concept of classical music applies to the world of artistic music from the baroque period to the 20th century music, and to institutions that in the modern world represent artistic music, people who are practice this music and the target group for which it is intended. Thus, Mozart in the Jungle indicates that world of artistic music exists in the way of the artworld, if we understand this term according to theoretician Arthur Danto. In such a way, we are discussing the concept of classical music, which is not just some abstract concept. On the contrary, it implies an actual institution of classical music starting from the infrastructure of the institution, people who are producing it, to the building itself of that institution. Therefore, we are ‘targeting’ stereotypes of classical music and musicians, and furthermore, we are coming to possible answers on the question regarding who is Mozart in the world of the classical music featured in this series.

Article received: March 25, 2018; Article accepted: May 10, 2018; Published online: October 15, 2018; Preliminary report – Short Communications

How to cite this article: Mojsilović, Jelisaveta. "The World of Classical Music in the TV Series Mozart in the Jungle." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 17 (2018): 71−77. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i17.271

Author Biography

Jelisaveta Mojsilović

Faculty of Music, University of Arts, Belgrade
Serbia

Jelisaveta Mojsilović (1994) is MA musicology student at Faculty of Music, University of Arts, in Belgrade, Serbia, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2017. In collaboration with Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University Canada, she had published academic paper “Paris and the Awakening of Wagner's Nationalism” in Canadian undergraduate journal of musicology Nota Bene. She took part at student presentations such as “FESTUM” (in Belgrade, 2016) and projects such as Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. Currently, she is finishing her master theses concerning choral societies in Sarajevo between two world wars.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i17.271 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i17.271