Unsettled scores : politics, Hollywood, and the film music of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler / Sally Bick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bick, Sally, author.

Series:

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Criticism and interpretation.

Copland, Aaron.

Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962--Criticism and interpretation.

Eisler, Hanns.

Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Motion picture music--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

Motion picture music--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), music, facsimile ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The Hollywood careers of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler brought the composers and their high art sensibility into direct conflict with the premier producer of America's potent mass culture. Drawn by Hollywood's potential to reach--and edify--the public, Copland and Eisler expertly wove sophisticated musical ideas into Hollywood and, each in his own distinctive way, left an indelible mark on movie history. Sally Bick's dual study of Copland and Eisler pairs interpretations of their writings on film composing with a close examination of their first Hollywood projects: Eisler's score for Hangmen also die! and Copland's music for Of mice and men."--From back cover.

Contents:

Background stories

Copland on Hollywood

Copland, Hollywood, and American musical modernism: Of mice and men

Eisler in America: the film music project and Composing for the films

Eisler in Hollywood: Hangmen also die!

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.

ISBN:

9780252042812

0252042816

9780252084645

0252084640

OCLC:

1096517877