The Exotic In Western Music

Marc Notes: Includes discography (p. 305-306), bibliographical references (p. 307-354) and index. Brief Description: A look at the ways western composers from Mozart to George Harrison have used exotic elements in their musicReview Quotes: "A refreshingly balanced and exquisitely well-researched and well-written study of 'exoticizing' works both famous and obscure."--Notes: Journal of the Music Library AssociationTable of Contents: Early Exoticism Revisited / Miriam K. Whaples "Forreine Conceites and Wandring Devises": The Exotic, the Erotic, and the Feminine / Linda Phyllis Austern The Alla Turca Style in the Late Eighteenth Century: Race and Gender in the Symphony and the Seraglio / Mary Hunter The Hungarian Gypsies and the Poetics of Exclusion / Jonathan Bellman Cutthroats and Casbah Dancers, Muezzins and Timeless Sands: Musical Images of the Middle East / Ralph P. Locke How Spain Got a Soul / James Parakilas "Entoiling the Falconet": Russian Musical Orientalism in Context / Richard Taruskin "I'm an Indian Too": Creating Native American Identities in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Music / Michael V. Pisani "The East in the West": Evocations of the Gamelan in Western Music / Mervyn Cooke Jazz and Musical Exoticism / Gunther Schuller Indian Resonances in the British Invasion, 1965-1968 / Jonathan BellmanPublisher Marketing: Exoticism has flourished in western music since the 17th century. A blend of familiar and unfamiliar gestures, this vibrant musical language takes the listener beyond the ordinary by evoking foreign cultures and forbidden desires. In this collection, musicologists explore the ways in which western composers have used exotic elements for dramatic and striking effect. Review Citations:

Library Journal 12/01/1997 pg. 108 (EAN 9781555533199, Paperback)

Library Journal 12/02/1997 (EAN 9781555533199, Paperback)

Library Journal 12/02/1997 (EAN 9781555533205, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Bellman, Jonathan D Bellman, University of Northern Colorado.