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1 online resource (224 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera
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Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Tracing Opera as Soundtrack; 1 Opera as Geno-Song; 2 Opera in Cinematic Death; 3 Opera in Woody Allen's Match Point; 4 Is Cinema's Anxiety Opera's Envy?; 5 Film Divas: The Problem and the Power of the Singing Women; 6 Behind the Discourse on the Opera-Cinema Encounter: Film Music Criticism and the "Great Divide" between Modernism and Postmodernism; Epilogue: An Ethnographic Postscript; Select Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Jeongwon Joe examines the role of opera as soundtrack by exploring the distinct effects opera produces in film, and what elements set opera apart from other types of soundtrack music, such as jazz or symphony. The author explores why opera tends to accompany poignant, pivotal scenes; she argues that when soundtracks employ opera excerpts, the pieces tend to appear at critical moments in the film, and are usually associated with the protagonists. The book focusses on the post-1970s, a period distinguished by an increase of opera excerpts on blockbuster film soundtracks. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Opera in motion pictures.
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Opera in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures and opera.
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Motion pictures and opera. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Joe, Jeongwon. Opera as Soundtrack. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013 9781472411310 |
| ISBN |
9781472411310 (electronic book) |
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1472411315 (electronic book) |
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1299925332 (e-book) |
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9781299925335 (e-book) |
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