Download or read book From the Erotic to the Demonic written by Derek B. Scott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Erotic to the Demonic demonstrates how different musical styles construct ideas of class, sexuality, and ethnic identity. This book will serve as a model for musicologists who want to take a postmodern approach to their inquiries. The clear and lively arguments are supported by ninety musical examples taken from such diverse sources as opera, symphonic music, jazz, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century popular songs. Derek Scott offers new insights on a range of "high" and "low" musical styles, and the cultures that produced them.