During the 1950s and early 1960s, the musical exotica produced by performers such as Les Baxter, Martin Denny, and Arthur Lyman enjoyed international success. Widening the Horizon is the first in-depth analysis of the music and its cultural context.
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Studies exoticism in Post-War popular music. This work analyses the work of Les Baxter, Korla Pandit and Yma Sumac - the musicians who developed the style known as Exotica in the 1950s and 1960s. It also addresses more recent developments in musical exoticism which have revived and reflected the form, such as the career of New Age populist Yanni.
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The first in-depth study of exoticism in post-war popular music
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781864620474
Publisert
1999-09-22
Utgiver
Vendor
John Libbey Publishing Ltd
Vekt
572 gr
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208
Redaktør
Biografisk notat
Philip Hayward, head of the Department of Media, Communication and Music Studies at Macquarie University (Sydney), is editor of the Perfect Beat: The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture, and of several books including Music at the Borders and From Pop to Punk to Postmodernism.