Today's Sounds for Yesterday's Films : Making Music for Silent Cinema

Kevin J Donnelly (Editor), Ann-Kristin Wallengren (Editor)

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Abstract

Music is a vital instrument in attracting new audiences to silent cinema as well as renewing the interest of an already-initiated public. In this collection, chapters by practitioners as well as scholars capture the magic experience of silent film with music, and discuss from varying points of view how music meets this resurfaced film art.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages224
ISBN (Print)1137466359, 978-1-137-46635-8
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Musicology
  • Film Studies

Free keywords

  • silent cinema
  • silent cinema music
  • film music

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