Representations of the Orient in Western music : violence and sensuality /: violence and sensuality. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nasser Al-Taee.
• Other Names: Al-Taee, Nasser
• Contents: Between violence and sensuality : Orientalism in musicology -- The character of Muhammad : a model of violence and sensuality in the European image of the Orient -- Slaves, sultans, and seducers : the components of illusion -- Music as noise : barbarity, deficiency, and intrusion in western accounts of Turkish music -- Osmin's rage meets Selim's benevolence : the Oriental others in Mozart's Die entführung aus dem serail -- Two hundred years of Orientalism : construction of the Orient in Wieland's Wranitzky's, Weber's and Burgess' Oberon -- Whirling fanatics : Orientalism, politics, and religious rivalry in western operatic representation of the Orient -- Under the spell of magic : the Oriental tale in Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade -- Reel bad Arabs, really bad lyrics : villainous Arabs in Disney's Aladdin.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: 780.94; Orientalism in music; Music -- History and criticism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351551403
• Related ISBNs: 135155140X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.