One night on TV is worth weeks at the Paramount : popular music on early television / Murray Forman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forman, Murray, 1959-

Series:

Console-ing passions.

Console-ing passions: television and cultural power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting of music--United States--History--20th century.

Television broadcasting of music.

Television and music--United States--History--20th century.

Television and music.

Popular music--United States--History--20th century.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Musical performance has been a part of television since the introduction of the medium. The styles and production requirements of music and of television have long influenced the other. Murray Forman gives the history of this interaction, going back to the early years of television, before the broadcast networks, up through the late fifties. He explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed.

Contents:

Introduction: Popular music and the small screen frontier

Music, image, labor: televisionSpre-history

"Hey TV!": musical pioneers and pessimists

Harmonizing genres

The look of music

Music in a sepia tone

Maracas, congas, and castanets

Conclusion: rocking the tv conventions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613854506

9781283542050

1283542056

9780822394181

0822394189

OCLC:

806017781

Publisher Number:

9786613854506