Derek B Scott: 3 books
Sounds of the Metropolis
The 19th Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris and Vienna
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2008
The phrase "popular music revolution" may instantly bring to mind such twentieth-century musical movements as jazz and rock 'n' roll. In Sounds of the Metropolis, however, Derek Scott argues that the first popular music revolution actually occurred in the nineteenth century, illustrating...
The Singing Bourgeois
Songs of the Victorian Drawing Room and Parlour
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
First published in 1989, The Singing Bourgeois challenges the myth that the 'Victorian parlour song' was a clear-cut genre. Derek Scott reveals the huge diversity of musical forms and styles that influenced the songs performed in middle class homes during the nineteenth century, from the assimilation...
From the Erotic to the Demonic
On Critical Musicology
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
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...