Charms that Soothe: Classical Music and the Narrative Film

by Dean Duncan

Overview

From Chaplin's brilliant use of Wagner in The Gold Rush to the Bach chorale closing Scorsese's Casino, classical music has played a fascinating role in movies. Dean Duncan provides a fresh critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, Duncan examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances. Drawing on film theory, musicology, and cultural criticism, he clarifies the connections between two very different art forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823222797
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	09/12/2003
Series:	Communications and Media Studies , #9
Edition description:	2
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dean Duncan is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Brigham Young University.

Editorial Reviews

Illuminating . . . original and provocative . . . in the vanguard of film music scholarship.”——Kathryn Kalinak, Author of Settling the Score: Classical Music and the Hollywood Film

From the Publisher

Illuminating . . . original and provocative . . . in the vanguard of film music scholarship.

Author of Settling the Score: Classical Music and the Hollywood Film - Kathryn Kalinak