Is the composer wrong? The musical setting as a space for disruption
Is it legitimate to conceive the process of musicalization as a disruption of the original situation of the text? And at what point can the disruption caused by the change of medium be considered excessive? Drawing on an example from the French mélodie repertoire, this article presents a proposal for conceptualizing the tension inherent in a piece where the text and its musical setting seem to be out of sync.