Music and the silent film : contexts and case studies, 1895-1924 / Martin Miller Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Martin Miller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silent film music--History and criticism.

Silent film music.

Physical Description:

xvi, 303 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

In this book a leading authority on film music examines scores of the silent film period. The first of three volumes investigating music for film, this thoughtful, pathbreaking study demonstrates the richness of silent film music as it details the way scores were often planned from the start as an integral part of the cinematic whole. Recovering a vibrant and important aspect of twentieth-century music, Music and the Silent Film will interest scholars of film theory, film history, modern music, and modern aesthetics.

Contents:

1 Film and Music: An Introduction to Research 3

The Material 3

The Literature: A Survey to 1990 8

2 First Stages, Dimly Lit: Sources and Scores Prior to 1910 26

The Origins of Film Music 26

Compilation and Composition: First Cases 30

3 Film Scores in America, 1910-14 62

Preliminary Steps and Early Scores 64

The Kalem Series and Walter Cleveland Simon's Music for An Arabian Tragedy 76

Postscript: The Special Case of From the Manger to the Cross 90

Pioneers of Orchestral Scores, 1912-14 92

Samuel Lionel Rothapfel's Art of Exhibition 92

Joseph Carl Breil's Earliest Film Scores 98

4 Breil's Score for The Birth of a Nation 109

Significance 109

The Breil Score 112

The Clune's Score 131

The Origin of the Breil Score 135

Relationships of Film and Music 141

Types of Music 143

Function and Form 156

5 Erik Satie's Score for Entr'acte 167

Significance 167

Musical Scores and Structure 170

Music and Film 172.

Notes:

Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-294) and index.

ISBN:

0195068912

OCLC:

28213922