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Paul Mazey British Film Music Musical Traditions in British Cinema, 1930s–1950s Series: Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture

Explores how British films from the 1930s to the 1950s draw upon the heritage of British music by employing a range of historically significant musical styles and types in their scores Uncovers the connection between British film music and the Victorian campaign to raise the quality and appreciation of British art music that resulted in what has been dubbed the English Musical Renaissance Builds upon and extends earlier scholarship to bring to light previously unexplored aspects of film music practice in the British industry 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 1st ed. 2020, XII, 213 p. 31 illus. 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 Printed book of the march, this study explores the significance of music in British film culture. With detailed Hardcover analyses of the work of such key filmmakers as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 74,99 € | £64.99 | $89.99 Laurence Olivier and Carol Reed, and composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, William [1]80,24 € (D) | 82,49 € (A) | CHF Walton and Brian Easdale, this systematic and in-depth study explores the connotations these 88,50 musical styles impart to the films and considers how each marks them with a particularly Softcover British inflection. 49,99 € | £44.99 | $59.99 [1]53,49 € (D) | 54,99 € (A) | CHF 59,00 eBook 42,79 € | £35.99 | $44.99 [2]42,79 € (D) | 42,79 € (A) | CHF 47,00 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

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