Compare From the Erotic to the Demonic by Derek B. Scott, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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 ninetymusical 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. | From the Erotic to the Demonic by Derek B. Scott, Paperback | Indigo Chapters