| Description |
xii, 356 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Oxford music/media series
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Oxford music/media series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : what were musicians saying about television music during the first decade of broadcasting? -- Toward an associative theory of television music -- "Hello out there in TV land" : musical agency in the early television anthology drama -- "And now a word from our sponsor" : musical structure and mediation in early TV commercials -- "Beam me up, Scottie!" : leitmotifs, musical topos, and ascription in the sci-fi drama -- "Go for your guns" : narrative syntax and musical functions in the TV western -- Tube of pleasure, tube of bliss : television music as (not so) drastic experience -- "And now another word from our sponsor" : strategies of occultation and imbuement in musical commercials -- "Just the facts, ma'am" : musical style change and markedness in the police drama -- "The truth is out there" : music in modern/postmodern television. |
| Subject |
Television music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Television music. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
9780195340242 alkaline paper |
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0195340248 alkaline paper |
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9780195340259 alkaline paper |
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0195340256 alkaline paper |
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