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Saying it with songs : popular music and the coming of sound to Hollywood cinema /

'Saying It With Songs' considers how the increasing interdependence of Hollywood studios and Tin Pan Alley music publishing firms influenced the commercial and narrative functions of popular songs in a variety of film genres.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spring, Katherine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford music/media series.
Subjects:
Motion picture music > United States > History and criticism.
Sound in motion pictures.
Popular music > United States > 1921-1930 > History and criticism.
Film, Musique de > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Son.
Musique populaire > États-Unis > 1921-1930 > Histoire et critique.
Motion picture music
Popular music
Sound in motion pictures
United States
1921-1930
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:'Saying It With Songs' considers how the increasing interdependence of Hollywood studios and Tin Pan Alley music publishing firms influenced the commercial and narrative functions of popular songs in a variety of film genres.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199369584
0199369585