Widening the Horizon: Exoticism in Post-War Popular Music

by Philip Hayward (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781864620474
Publisher:	John Libbey Publishing
Publication date:	09/22/1999
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.46(h) x 0.49(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.