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City symphonies : sound and the composition of urban modernity, 1913-1931 / Daniel P. Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Daniel P. (Professor), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City symphonies (Motion pictures).
- City symphonies (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.
- Sound in motion pictures.
- Sound motion pictures.
- City sounds.
- Cities and towns in motion pictures.
- City and town life in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: City Symphonies: Sound and the Composition of Urban Modernity, 1913-1931
- 1 In the Concert Hall: Luigi Russolo's The Art of Noises and The Awakening of a City
- 2 On the Street: The Sound and Silence of Arseny Avraamov's Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922) and Moscow (1923)
- 3 On the Screen: Sounding the Inaudible in the City Symphonies of Walter Ruttmann and Dziga Vertov
- 4 On the Air: German Experimental Radio and the Radio City Symphony
- 5 Around the World: Sight and Sound in the Global Symphonies of Vertov and Ruttmann
- Coda: Listening to City Symphonies
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Schwartz, Daniel P. (Professor) City symphonies.
- ISBN:
- 9780228021421
- 0228021421
- 9780228021438
- 022802143X
- Publisher Number:
- 40032310195
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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