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FROM THE EROTIC TO THE DEMONIC
ON CRITICAL MUSICOLOGY |
By: |
Professor Derek B. Scott |
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ISBN 10: |
0195151968 |
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9780195151961 |
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Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2003 |
Pages: |
266 |
Description: |
From the Erotic to the Demonic demonstrates how different musical styles construct ideas of class, sexuality, and ethnic identity. This book will serve as a model for musicologists who want to take a postmodern approach to their inquiries. The clear and lively arguments are supported by ninety musical examples taken from such diverse sources as opera, symphonic music, jazz, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century popular songs. Derek Scott offers new insightson a range of "high" and "low" musical styles, and the cultures that produced them. |
Synopsis: |
From the Erotic to the Demonic demonstrates how different musical styles construct ideas of class, sexuality, and ethnic identity. This book will serve as a model for musicologists who want to take a postmodern approach to their inquiries. The clear and lively arguments are supported by ninety musical examples taken from such diverse sources as opera, symphonic music, jazz, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century popular songs. Derek Scott offers new insights on a range of "high" and "low" musical styles, and the cultures that produced them. |
Illustrations: |
5 halftones & numerous music examples |
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US |
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Oxford University Press Inc |
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