April 15, 2016

Song of Persia (1922) by Richard A. Whiting

Orientalist Music Sheets’ Covers

At the turn of the 20th century, in the popular art and media of the “West,” the “Middle East” was depicted as a mysterious, exotic region. Cliched images such as camels, deserts, half-naked dancing women, and buildings with minarets and domes were ubiquitous in illustrating anything related to Iran or the Middle East.

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