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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483628103321

Autore

Mazey Paul

Titolo

British Film Music : Musical Traditions in British Cinema, 1930s-1950s / / by Paul Mazey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030335502

303033550X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture, , 2634-6362

Disciplina

781.5420941

791.43

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Music

Motion pictures - Great Britain

Audio-Visual Culture

British Film and TV

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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. .