{"product_id":"charms-that-soothe-classical-music-and-the-narrative-film-hardback-9780823222797","title":"Charms That Soothe; Classical Music and the Narrative Film (Hardback) 9780823222797","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCharms That Soothe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClassical Music and the Narrative Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDean Duncan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823222797\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e211 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.474 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Illuminating . . . original and provocative . . . in the vanguard of film music scholarship.\"\u003cb\u003e---—Kathryn Kalinak, \u003ci\u003eAuthor of Settling the Score: Classical Music and the Hollywood Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Chaplin's brilliant use of Wagner in \u003ci\u003eThe Gold Rush\u003c\/i\u003e to the Bach chorale closing Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eCasino\u003c\/i\u003e, classical music has played a fascinating role in movies. \u003cbr\u003e Dean Duncan provides a fresh critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, Duncan examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances. Drawing on film theory, musicology, and cultural criticism, he clarifies the connections between two very different art forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580228956440,"sku":"9780823222797","price":63.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/charms-that-soothe-classical-music-and-the-narrative-film-hardback-9780823222797","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}