The silent cinema in song, 1896-1929 : an illustrated history and catalog of songs inspired by the movies and stars, with a list of recordings / / Ken Wlaschin
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Wlaschin Ken
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| Titolo: |
The silent cinema in song, 1896-1929 : an illustrated history and catalog of songs inspired by the movies and stars, with a list of recordings / / Ken Wlaschin
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| Pubblicazione: | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , [2009] |
| ©2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (395 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.4216409041 |
| Soggetto topico: | Silent films - Songs and music |
| Silent film music | |
| Motion picture actors and actresses | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Movies and Moviegoing; 2. Movie Personalities and Their Films; 3. Recordings; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Musical accompaniment was an important feature of the early moviegoing experience. The quality of a musical score could easily make or break silent films, and the songs sometimes became more popular than the films. At the same time, interestingly, the silent cinema became itself a major subject in popular music, inspiring a flood of songs about the films, the stars and the experience of going to the movies. Today, few of these songs are remembered. This study begins the documentation of the lost history of songs of the silent cinema. Part One, ""Movies and Moviegoing,"" chronologically lists a |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The silent cinema in song, 1896-1929 |
| ISBN: | 1-282-30096-2 |
| 9786612300967 | |
| 0-7864-5269-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777714803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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