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Book Summary
This 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, focusing 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 fascination
towards the Orient and its Islamic religion. In addition to analyses of musical
works, Al-Taee draws on travel accounts, paintings, biographies and political
events to engage with important issues such as gender, race and religious
differences that
This 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, focusing 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 fascination
towards the Orient and its Islamic religion. In addition to analyses of musical
works, Al-Taee draws on travel accounts, paintings, biographies and political
events to engage with important issues such as gender, race and religious
differences that