From the erotic to the demonic [[electronic resource] ] : on critical musicology / / Derek B. Scott

• Autore: Scott Derek B
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 780
• Soggetto topico: Music - Social aspects; Music - Philosophy and aesthetics; Style, Musical
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: SEXUALITY, GENDER, AND MUSICAL STYLE -- 1 Erotic Representation from Monteverdi to Mae West -- 2 The Sexual Politics of Victorian Musical Aesthetics -- PART TWO: IDEOLOGY AND THE POPULAR -- 3 The Native American in Popular Music -- 4 Incongruity and Predictability in British Dance Band Music of the 1920s and 1930s -- PART THREE: THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE -- 5 Lux in Tenebris: Bruckner and the Dialectic of Darkness and Light -- 6 Diabolus in Musica: Liszt and the Demonic -- PART FOUR: IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL OTHERNESS -- 7 Orientalism and Musical Style -- 8 The Impact of African-American Music Making on the European Classical Tradition in the 1920s -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text should prove useful as a model for musicologists who want to take a postmodern approach to their inquiries. It demonstrates how different musical styles construct ideas of class, sexuality, and ethnic identity.
• Titolo autorizzato: From the erotic to the demonic
• ISBN: 9786610532438; 0-19-534377-8; 1-280-53243-2; 1-4337-0009-3; 1-4237-6306-8; 0-19-515196-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465829103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II