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In recent years, there has been something of an explosion in the performance of live music to silent films. This book is the first of its kind in that it aims to bring together writings and interviews to delineate the culture of providing music for silent films.



Table of Contents
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
1. Music and the Resurfacing of Silent Film: A General Introduction; Ann-Kristin Wallengren and K.J.Donnelly
2. How Far Can Too Far Go?: Radical Approaches to Silent Film Music; K.J.Donnelly
PART I: ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL PRACTICES
3. Between Practice and Theory: Silent Film Sound and the Music Archive; Carolin Beinroth
4. Gottfried Huppertz's Metropolis: The Acme of 'Cinema Music'; Emilio Audissino
5. The Music of The Circus; Gillian B.Anderson
6. Cowboys, Beggars and the Deep Ellum Blues: Playing Authentic to Silent Films; Michael Hammond
PART II: NOVEL MUSIC AND NEW ISSUES
7. Bringing a Little Munich Disco to Babelsberg: Giorgio Moroder's Score for Metropolis; Jeff Smith
8. Soviet Fidelity and the Pet Shop Boys; Beth Carroll
9. Multiple Soundtrack Versions on DVD: Scoring Modern City Life and Pastoral Countryside; Christopher Natzén
PART III: CURRENT PRACTICES AND NEW TRADITIONS
10. Edit's Hand. Music to The Phantom Carriage; Matti Bye
11. Scoring Ruttman's Berlin: Musical Meaning in Historical and Critical Contexts; Matt Malsky
12. Silent Film, Live Music and Contemporary Composition; Ed Hughes
13. To be in Dialogue with the Film: With Neil Brand and Lillian Henley at the Masterclasses at Pordenone Silent Film Festival; Ann-Kristin Wallengren

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781137466358, 978-1137466358
      ISBN10: 1137466359

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In recent years, there has been something of an explosion in the performance of live music to silent films. This book is the first of its kind in that it aims to bring together writings and interviews to delineate the culture of providing music for silent films.



      Table of Contents
      List of Figures
      Notes on Contributors
      1. Music and the Resurfacing of Silent Film: A General Introduction; Ann-Kristin Wallengren and K.J.Donnelly
      2. How Far Can Too Far Go?: Radical Approaches to Silent Film Music; K.J.Donnelly
      PART I: ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL PRACTICES
      3. Between Practice and Theory: Silent Film Sound and the Music Archive; Carolin Beinroth
      4. Gottfried Huppertz's Metropolis: The Acme of 'Cinema Music'; Emilio Audissino
      5. The Music of The Circus; Gillian B.Anderson
      6. Cowboys, Beggars and the Deep Ellum Blues: Playing Authentic to Silent Films; Michael Hammond
      PART II: NOVEL MUSIC AND NEW ISSUES
      7. Bringing a Little Munich Disco to Babelsberg: Giorgio Moroder's Score for Metropolis; Jeff Smith
      8. Soviet Fidelity and the Pet Shop Boys; Beth Carroll
      9. Multiple Soundtrack Versions on DVD: Scoring Modern City Life and Pastoral Countryside; Christopher Natzén
      PART III: CURRENT PRACTICES AND NEW TRADITIONS
      10. Edit's Hand. Music to The Phantom Carriage; Matti Bye
      11. Scoring Ruttman's Berlin: Musical Meaning in Historical and Critical Contexts; Matt Malsky
      12. Silent Film, Live Music and Contemporary Composition; Ed Hughes
      13. To be in Dialogue with the Film: With Neil Brand and Lillian Henley at the Masterclasses at Pordenone Silent Film Festival; Ann-Kristin Wallengren

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