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Reel music : exploring 100 years of film music /

Title:
Reel music : exploring 100 years of film music /
Author:
Hickman, Roger.
Format:
Book
Institution:
MassArt
Contents:
Exploring film and music. Wagner's prelude ; Drama and film ; Elements of music ; Listening to film music -- The silent film era, 1895-1928. Birth of an art form, 1895-1907 ; The foundations of modern film, 1908-1919 ; The birth of a nation ; The golden age of silent film, 1920-1928 ; The transition to sound, 1926-1928 -- The sound era begins, 1928-1944. The early years of sound, 1928-1933 ; Entering a new golden age, 1934-1938 ; Hollywood's greatest year, 1939 ; Modern voices, 1936-1944 ; Casablanca -- The decline of the Hollywood studio system, 1944-1959. Postwar trends, 1944-1949 ; Country, rock, and all that jazz, 1950-1956 ; Expanding modern styles, 1950-1956 ; The close of the decade, 1956-1959 ; Ben-Hur -- A new American cinema, 1960-1976. Psycho ; Declining traditions, 1960-1967 ; The emerging new era, 1960-1967 ; Crises years, 1968-1972 ; The postwar years, 1973-1976 -- The classic revival, 1977-1988. Star Wars and postmodernism, 1977-1984 ; E.T. : the extra-terrestrial ; In the shadows of Star Wars, 1977-1984 ; Settings far and near, 1982-1988 ; New box-office kings, 1984-1988 -- Fin de siècle and the new millennium, 1989-2004. Symphonic scores, 1989-1996 ; Popular music, animation, and realism, 1989-1996 ; The sinking Titanic, 1997-2000 ; The Red Violin ; The new millennium, 2001-2004.

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Library holdings:
MassArt Main
ML2075 .H5 2006Available