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Dean Duncan provides a critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, he examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances.

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

Charms that Soothe

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    A Paperback / softback by Dean Duncan

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 12/09/2003
      ISBN13: 9780823222803, 978-0823222803
      ISBN10: 0823222802
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      Art music, orchestral and formal music Film history, theory or criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Dean Duncan provides a critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, he examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances.

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

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