Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music : W. W. Norton College Books

Unit 1 Exploring Film and Music
Chapter 1 Wagner’s Prelude
Chapter 2 Drama and Film
Chapter 3 Elements of Music
Chapter 4 Listening to Film Music
Unit 2 The Silent Film Era 1895–1908
Chapter 5 Birth of an Artform: 1895–1907
Chapter 6 The Foundations of Modern Film: 1908–1919
Chapter 7 The Birth of a Nation
Chapter 8 The Golden Age of Silent Film: 1920–1928
Chapter 9 Transition to Sound: 1926–1928
Unit 3 The Sound Era Begins 1928–1944
Chapter 10 The Early Years of Sound: 1928–1933
Chapter 11 Entering a New Golden Age: 1934–1938
Chapter 12 Hollywood’s Greatest Year: 1939
Chapter 13 Modern Voices: 1936–1944
Chapter 14 Casablanca
Unit 4 Entering a Cold War 1944–1959
Chapter 15 Postwar Trends: 1944–1949
Chapter 16 Country, Rock, and All That Jazz: 1950–1956
Chapter 17 Expanding Modern Styles: 1950–1956
Chapter 18 The Close of the Decade: 1956–1959
Chapter 19 Ben-Hur
Unit 5 A New American Cinema 1960–1976
Chapter 20 Psycho
Chapter 21 Declining Traditions: 1960–1967
Chapter 22 The Emerging New Era: 1960–1967
Chapter 23 Crises Years: 1968–1972
Chapter 24 Moving Forward: 1973–1976
Unit 6 The Classic Revival 1977–1988
Chapter 25 Star Wars and Postmodernism: 1977–1984
Chapter 26 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Chapter 27 In the Shadows of Star Wars: 1977–1984
Chapter 28 Settings Far and Near: 1982–1988
Chapter 29 New Box Office Kings: 1984–1988
Unit 7 Fin de Siècle and the New Millennium 1989–2004
Chapter 30 Pax Americana: 1989–1995
Chapter 31 Popular Music and Eclectic Scores: 1989–1996
Chapter 32 The Sinking Titanic: 1997–2000
Chapter 33 The Red Violin
Chapter 34 The New Millennium: 2001–2004
Appendix
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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