Mugge
As Mugge (also Mucke ) is in the jargon of German musicians called the commitment to individual performances. This also includes those for framing public or private celebrations. In addition, individual appearances by musicians in concerts by ensembles or orchestras that take place outside of their other, longer-term obligations, are often called Mugge .
The term "mugge" is particularly common in classical music . In contrast, in the areas of jazz , rock and pop music , the term " gig ", which is borrowed from English and is used internationally, is increasingly used.
In the youth language, the word “Mugge” or “Mucke” is also used quite generally as a synonym for “music” (“geile Mucke”).
Word origin and spelling
The Duden gives music as the correct spelling and derives the word from Engl. muck ("dirt", "dirty work").
This is countered by the derivation as a graft ( acronym that is identical to an already existing word with a different meaning): According to this, Mugge is a shortening of "musical business" or "music for money" to the dialectal form Mugge for the word mosquito .
The Lexicon of Popular Music uses the spellings Mugge and Mucke equally. In the 18th century, “mucking” meant something like “begging” in the jargon of beggar musicians, and the connection with the “musical casual business” was already evident for the period shortly after 1900.
In large parts of Austria, such musical engagements are called “businessmen”. Instead of the phrase “play a mugge”, musicians in Austria use the expression “play a business”.
literature
- Henrique Autran Dourado: Dicionário de termos e expressões da música . Editora 34 2004, ISBN 978-85-7326-294-0 , pages 213, 221
- Margareta Saary: music business. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 . (also on the subject of "business")
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ronneberger-Sibold, Elke: To the grammar of short words. In: Jochen A. Bär, Thorsten Roelcke, Anja Steinhauer (Eds.): Linguistic brevity: Conceptual, structural and pragmatic aspects . Berlin / New York: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017542-4 . Pages 276–291, here page 280.
- ^ Asfa-Wossen Asserate : Manners . Munich: DTV 2005. ISBN 3-423-13387-2 . Pages 345 f.
- ↑ Keyword "Mucke" in: Duden - German universal dictionary . 6th edition Mannheim u. a .: Dudenverlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-411-05506-7 .
- ↑ "Mugge is the colloquial name for a short, MU sikalisches G elegenheits GE schäft '. This “occasional musical business” on which the term is based comes from an East German fee structure from the 1950s. Musicians are known to have their own sense of humor and so the official language was abbreviated to Mugge. At that time it was about a rather unpopular use of classical musicians, sorry e-muggers. Occasional appearances, senior events, and helping out with other orchestras often meant engagements below their own musical level and with low popularity. Therefore, the term was also a rather derogatory term for musician jobs. ”Quotation from the “ Ostrock-Lexikon ”of the band P70 .
- ↑ Peter Wicke, Kai-Erik and Wieland Ziegenrücker: Lexicon of popular music. Schott, Mainz / Directmedia, Berlin 2004, page 337, ISBN 3-89853-011-6