Widening the Horizon: Exoticism in Post-War Popular Music - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781864620474

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by Philip Hayward (Editor)

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.

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 208

Dimensions: 0.49 x 9.46 x 6.75 IN

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

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