From the Erotic to the Demonic : On Critical Musicology: On Critical MusicologyOxford University Press, USA, 2003 M03 11 - 272 pages From the Erotic to the Demonic: On Critical Musicology 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. |
Contents
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PART ONE SEXUALITY GENDER AND MUSICAL STYLE | 10 |
The Native American in Popular Music | 61 |
Bruckner and the Dialectic of Darkness | 103 |
Liszt and the Demonic | 128 |
Orientalism and Musical Style | 155 |
The Impact of AfricanAmerican Music Making on | 179 |
NOTES | 203 |
Common terms and phrases
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