European Film Music (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0754636593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to J. Cheung. Great!
Miguel Mera is Lecturer in the Centre for Screen Music Studies, Royal College of Music, UK. . David Burnand is Head of Music Technology and Director of the Centre for Screen Music Studies at the Royal College of Music, UK
Stilwell, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 'Impressively ambitious and concise, these essays offer many starting places for discussions about film music and cultural theory in European cinema. European Film Music is a volume poised profitably between the foundational work of reconstructing historical context and establishing technical means and aesthetic principles; and the refining work of specific industrial and creative practice, as well as the more subtle but perhaps more profound workings of music about identity in individual films and across national cinemas. A solid addition to the "Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series," this book will be particularly valuable for music scholars Recommended.' Choice ' I give an appreciative w
Recent scholarship acknowledges other traditions of film scoring but little has been written about European film music specifically. The vast majority of writing on film music is concentrated on Hollywood in particular and on a canon of North American scores and films more generally. Films involving British, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Polish and Spanish composers are considered in detail. Starting from a study of the influence of propaganda on musical aesthetics in Nazi Germany the book includes an