156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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Matthew Head explores the cultural meanings of Mozart's Turkish music in the composer's 18th-century context, in subsequent discourses of Mozart's significance for 'Western' culture, and in today's (not entirely) post-colonial world. Unpacking the ideological content of Mozart's numerous representations of Turkey and Turkish music, Head locates the composer's exoticisms in shifting power... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of Music Examples, Introduction Mozart's Orientalism, Osmin's Rage, 1. Orientalism, History, and Theatre, 2. Mozart's Orientalism: Scope and Contexts, 3. A Copy of a Copy: Mozart's Sources, 4. Turkish Music, Masquerade, and Self-Othering, 5. Emplotting Turkish Music: Sonata in A (K. 331 / 300i), 6. Mozart Imperialisms, Sources Cited, Index
Biography
Matthew Head
