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THE SOUNDS OF THE SILENTS IN BRITAIN
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| By: |
Julie Brown (Editor), Annette Davison (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£112.50 |
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£109.13 |
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£3.37 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199797617 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199797615 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
3 December, 2012 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Early cinemas were noisy places with pianos, organs, ensembles of all varieties and sometimes full orchestras accompanied films. Britain, a key cultural player in the entertainment world both at the time and now, has a different history than the USA of musical cultures and film production. |
| Synopsis: |
The Sounds of the Silents in Britain explores the sonic dimension of film exhibition in Britain, from the emergence of cinema through to the introduction of synchronized sound. Edited by Julie Brown and Annette Davison, the volume includes original scholarship from many highly-regarded experts on British silent film from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, such as film history, theatre studies, economic history, and musicology. The essays provide an introduction to diverse aspects of early film sound: vocal performance, from lecturing and reciting, to voicing the drama; music, from the forerunners of music for visual spectacle to the impact of legislation and the development of film music practice; and performance in cinemas more generally, from dancing and singalong films, to live stage prologues, and even musical performances captured in British Pathe's early sound shorts. Other topics include the sonic eclecticism of performances at the Film Society, British International Pictures' first |
| Illustrations: |
27 illustrations, 1 musical example |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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