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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792227103321

Autore

Booth Gregory D

Titolo

Behind the curtain [[electronic resource] ] : making music in Mumbai's film studios / / Gregory D. Booth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-029624-0

0-19-532764-0

1-281-76966-5

9786611769666

0-19-971665-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

781.5

Soggetti

Motion picture music - Production and direction - India - Bombay - History

Motion picture music - India - Bombay - History and criticism

Motion picture industry - India - Bombay - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Who Is Anthony Gonsalves?; Part I: History, Technology, and a Determinist Milieu for Hindi Film Song; 1 Popular Music as Film Music; 2 Musicians and Technology in the Mumbai Film-Music Industry; 3 Changing Structures in the Mumbai Film Industry; Part II: The Life of Music in the Mumbai Film Industry; 4 Origins, Training, and ""Joining the Line""; 5 Roles, Relations, and the Creative Process; 6 Rehearsals, Recordings, and Economics; Part III: Music, Instruments, and Meaning from Musicians' Perspectives

7 Orchestras and Orchestral Procedures, Instrumental Change, Arranging, and Programming8 Issues of Style, Genre, and Value in Mumbai Film Music; Conclusion: Oral History, Change, and Accounts of Human Agency; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction - Who is Anthony Gonsalves?  Part One - History, Technology, and a Determinist Milieu for Hindi Film Song   1. Popular Music as Film Music   3. Changing Structures in the Mumbai Film



Industry  Part Two - The Life of Music in the Mumbai Film Industry   4. Origins, Training, and ""Joining the Line""  5. Roles, Relations, and the Creative Process  6. Rehearsals, Recordings, and Economics  Part Three - Music, Instruments, and Meaning from Musicians' Perspectives   7. Orchestras and Orchestral Procedures, Instrumental Change, Arranging, and Programming  8. Issues of Style, Genre, and V