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British Film Music and Musicals
K. J. Donnelly
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Description for British Film Music and Musicals
Hardback. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AVG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
In the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating both on musical scores, such as William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Malcolm Arnold's music for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and on the phenomenon of the British film musical.
In the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating both on musical scores, such as William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Malcolm Arnold's music for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and on the phenomenon of the British film musical.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403996732
SKU
V9781403996732
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About K. J. Donnelly
K.J DONNELLY lectures in the Department of Film Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of Pop Music in British Cinema (2001) and The Spectre of Sound (2005), and editor of Film Music: Critical Approaches (2001).
Reviews for British Film Music and Musicals
'Donnelly's book is a welcome addition to the slowly expanding corpus of serious writing on British film music.' - Jeffrey Richards, Journal of British Cinema and Television 'British Film Music and Film Musicals constitutes a valuable addition to the analytical literature on music in films, especially for its emphasis on the relations between aesthetics and the production ... Read more