| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 356 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford music/media |
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Oxford music/media series.
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| Contents |
Introduction : what were musicians saying about television music during the first decade of broadcasting? -- Toward an associative theory of television music -- "Hello out there in TV land" : musical agency in the early television anthology drama -- "And now a word from our sponsor" : musical structure and mediation in early TV commercials -- "Beam me up, Scottie!" : leitmotifs, musical topos, and ascription in the sci-fi drama -- "Go for your guns" : narrative syntax and musical functions in the TV western -- Tube of pleasure, tube of bliss : television music as (not so) drastic experience -- "And now another word from our sponsor" : strategies of occultation and imbuement in musical commercials -- "Just the facts, ma'am" : musical style change and markedness in the police drama -- "The truth is out there" : music in modern/postmodern television |
| Summary |
This work looks at and listens to the first 50 years of American narrative television music as a unique art form. Drawing on music in a wide variety of television genres, author Ronald Rodman develops a new theory of television music to explain how it conveys meaning to American viewing audiences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Television music -- United States -- History and criticism
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Television music
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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