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Film music : a history

Title
Film music : a history / James Wierzbicki.
Author
Wierzbicki, James Eugene.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2009.

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xv, 312 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-294) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Music and the "silent" film (1894-1927). Origins, 1894-1905 ; The nickelodeon, 1905-1915 ; Feature films, 1915-1927 -- Music and the early sound film (1894-1933). The long advent of sound, 1894-1926 ; Vitaphone and movietone, 1926-8 ; Hollywood's early sound films, 1928-33 -- Music in the "classical-style" Hollywood film (1933-60) ; The "golden age" of film music, 1933-49 ; Postwar innovations and the strugge for survival, 1949-58 -- Film music in the post-classic period (1958-2008). A "new wave" of film music, 1958-1978 ; Eclecticism, 1978-2001 ; Epilogue, 2001-8.
Call Number
JMF 09-336
ISBN
  • 9780415991988 (hardback)
  • 0415991986 (hardback)
  • 9780415991995 (pbk.)
  • 0415991994 (pbk.)
LCCN
2008027811
OCLC
223810763
Author
Wierzbicki, James Eugene.
Title
Film music : a history / James Wierzbicki.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-294) and index.
Research Call Number
JMF 09-336
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