Charms that soothe : classical music and the narrative film /
From Chaplin's brilliant use of Wagner in "The Gold Rush to the Bach chorale closing Scorsese's "Casino, classical music has played a fascinating role in movies. Dean Duncan provides a fresh critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2003
New York : 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Communications and media studies ;
no. 9 Communications and media studies no. 9 |
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| Summary: | From Chaplin's brilliant use of Wagner in "The Gold Rush to the Bach chorale closing Scorsese's "Casino, classical music has played a fascinating role in movies. Dean Duncan provides a fresh critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, Duncan examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances. Drawing on film theory, musicology, and cultural criticism, he clarifies the connections between two very different art forms "[Book title] explores two major areas of interest. First, [author] examines the historical, social, and critical contexts of the debates between music advocates and the music establishment over the uses of serious music in cinema. Next, he elaborates a model for understanding the relationship of film to film music: as film-musical counterpoint, expressed in the Soviet cinematic avant-garde, and as an essential programmatic component to the narrative film."--Back cover |
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| Item Description: | Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011363.html This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | viii, 211 p. : 24 cm viii, 211 p. ; 23 cm viii, 211 p. ; 24 cm viii, 211 pages ; 23 cm viii, 211 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-201) and index |
| ISBN: | 0823222799 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0823222799 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0823222799 0823222802 (paperback : alk. paper) 0823222802 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0823222802 9780823222797 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9780823222797 9780823222803 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780823222803 |
| ISSN: | 1522-385X ; |