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Tunes for ´Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon
Daniel Goldmark
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Description for Tunes for ´Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon
Paperback. An examination of music written for Hollywood animated cartoons of the 1930s through the 1950s. Focusing on classical music, opera, and jazz, it considers the genre and compositional style of cartoons produced by major Hollywood animation studios, including Warner Bros, MGM, Lantz, and the Fleischers. Num Pages: 244 pages, 47 b/w photographs, 3 tables, 10 music examples. BIC Classification: APFV; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382.
In this first in-depth examination of music written for Hollywood animated cartoons of the 1930s through the 1950s, Daniel Goldmark provides a brilliant account of the enormous creative effort that went into setting cartoons to music and shows how this effort shaped the characters and stories that have become embedded in American culture. Focusing on classical music, opera, and jazz, Goldmark considers the genre and compositional style of cartoons produced by major Hollywood animation studios, including Warner Bros., MGM, Lantz, and the Fleischers. "Tunes for 'Toons" discusses several well-known cartoons in detail, including "What's Opera, Doc?", the 1957 Warner Bros. ... Read more
In this first in-depth examination of music written for Hollywood animated cartoons of the 1930s through the 1950s, Daniel Goldmark provides a brilliant account of the enormous creative effort that went into setting cartoons to music and shows how this effort shaped the characters and stories that have become embedded in American culture. Focusing on classical music, opera, and jazz, Goldmark considers the genre and compositional style of cartoons produced by major Hollywood animation studios, including Warner Bros., MGM, Lantz, and the Fleischers. "Tunes for 'Toons" discusses several well-known cartoons in detail, including "What's Opera, Doc?", the 1957 Warner Bros. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520253117
SKU
V9780520253117
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About Daniel Goldmark
Daniel Goldmark is Assistant Professor of Music History at Case Western Reserve University. He is the coeditor of The Cartoon Music Book (2001).
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