| Description |
1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in audio-visual culture |
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Palgrave studies in audio-visual culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Aesthetic conventions : distinctiveness and diversity -- Pastoral music : representations of landscape -- Folk song : national and regional music -- Choral music : Christian and pantheistic mysticism -- The march : military and ceremonial music -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book offers a fresh approach to British film music by tracing the influence of Britain's musical heritage on the film scores of this era. From the celebration of landscape and community encompassed by pastoral music and folk song, and the connection of both with the English Musical Renaissance, to the mystical strains of choral sonorities and the stirring effects of the march, this study explores the significance of music in British film culture. With detailed analyses of the work of such key filmmakers as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Laurence Olivier and Carol Reed, and composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Brian Easdale, this systematic and in-depth study explores the connotations these musical styles impart to the films and considers how each marks them with a particularly British inflection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion picture music -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
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Music.
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Film, TV & radio.
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Music -- General.
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Performing Arts -- General.
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Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion picture music
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030335502 |
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303033550X |
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