Representations of the Orient in Western Music shallow foundations Author Alejandro Vera

Author Alejandro Vera

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The volume presents a broad array of global and transnational issues and intersectional perspectives

Representations of the Orient in Western Music shallow foundations Author Alejandro VeraThis book focuses on the cultural, political and religious representations of the Orient in Western music. Dr Nasser Al Taee traces several threads in a vast repertoire of musical representations, concentrating primarily on the images of violence and sensuality. Al Taee argues that these prevailing traits are not only the residual manifestation of the Ottoman threat to Western Europe, but also the continuation of a long and complex history of fear and