British film music : musical traditions in British cinema, 1930s-1950s / Paul Mazey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazey, Paul, author.

Series:

Palgrave studies in audio-visual culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture music--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Summary:

"This book offers a fresh approach to British film music by tracing the influence of Britain's musical heritage on the film scores of this era. From the celebration of landscape and community encompassed by pastoral music and folk song, and the connection of both with the English Musical Renaissance, to the mystical strains of choral sonorities and the stirring effects of the march, this study explores the significance of music in British film culture. With detailed analyses of the work of such key filmmakers as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Laurence Olivier and Carol Reed, and composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Brian Easdale, this systematic and in-depth study explores the connotations these musical styles impart to the films and considers how each marks them with a particularly British inflection"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Aesthetic conventions : distinctiveness and diversity

Pastoral music : representations of landscape

Folk song : national and regional music

Choral music : Christian and pantheistic mysticism

The march : military and ceremonial music

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages 197-202) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783030335496

3030335496

OCLC:

1140114055