El imaginario literario de Jorge Luis Borges en las letras y música de Gustavo Cerati

Abstract

This paper explores the influence that had the literary imagination of Jorge Luis Borges in the lyrics and music by Gustavo Cerati, both in his time as vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for Soda Stereo, and in his solo career, where he dabbled in Music Electronics and Orchestra, remaining active as a musician, performer and composer in popular music in general.
Regarding the literary imagination of Jorge Luis Borges, it is analyzed the concept of Eternity in the Eternal Book metaphors, present in the imaginary Library of Babel from the story of the same name and the concept of Sequence, linked to the Quantum Mechanics of the possible Parallel Worlds that Jorge Luis Borges represented in his famous story, Garden of the Forking Paths and how this imagery was influential in musical compositions by Gustavo Cerati, both in plot and structural, stepping forward in the evolution of Popular Music, specifically in the Latin Rock and Electronic Music, analyzing and comparing the lyrics of the musician and the writer, musical structures with metaphors and allegories, with interviews to the late Argentine musician.