British Film Music : Musical Traditions in British Cinema, 1930s-1950s (Palgrave Studies in Audio-visual Culture)

Mazey, Paul

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2020/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 213 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783030335496
• DDC分類 791

Full Description

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. 

Contents

Introduction.- 1. The Aesthetic Conventions of British Film Music.- 2. Pastoral Music.- 3. Folk Song.- 4. Choral Music.- 5. March Music.- Conclusion.