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Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video.

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Overtones and undertones; the emergence of popular music and sound cinema 1890-1927; the popular music tradition and the classical Hollywood musical 1926-1955; Hollywood and the challenge of the youth market from 1955; a very British coda; popular music and the small screen; I want my MTV and movies with music; bibliography; select filmography.

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 6/3/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719040290, 978-0719040290
      ISBN10: 0719040299

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video.

      Table of Contents
      Overtones and undertones; the emergence of popular music and sound cinema 1890-1927; the popular music tradition and the classical Hollywood musical 1926-1955; Hollywood and the challenge of the youth market from 1955; a very British coda; popular music and the small screen; I want my MTV and movies with music; bibliography; select filmography.

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