Hollywood Song

Author : Philip Furia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199792666
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Songs of Hollywood written by Philip Furia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "Over the Rainbow" to "Moon River" and from Al Jolson to Barbra Streisand, The Songs of Hollywood traces the fascinating history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood's best known and loved repertoire, explaining how the film industry made certain songs memorable, and highlighting important moments of film history along the way. The book focuses on how the songs were presented in the movies, from early talkies where actors portrayed singers "performing" the songs, to the Golden Age in which characters burst into expressive, integral song--not as a "performance" but as a spontaneous outpouring of feeling. The book looks at song presentation in 1930s classics with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and in 1940s gems with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. The authors also look at the decline of the genre since 1960, when most original musicals were replaced by film versions of Broadway hits such as My Fair Lady.

Author : Ken Bloom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816020027
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollywood song written by Ken Bloom and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ken Bloom
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781579128487
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Musicals written by Ken Bloom and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. This book was released on 2010 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an alphabetical survey of the most popular film musicals in history, with commentaries, synopses, behind-the-scenes information, and lists of songs and cast members for each film.

Author : Philip Furia
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195337082
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Songs of Hollywood written by Philip Furia and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Songs of Hollywood tells the story of how songs have been presented in film - not just in musicals but in dramatic films as well - from the earliest "talkies" down to the present. While most songs have been done as "performances" by characters portraying singers, who thus have a realistic excuse to sing because they are rehearsing or performing for a Broadway show, another convention for presenting songs as integral, spontaneous expression of what a character feels at a particular dramatic moment gradually emerged in the early 1930s and flourished through the 1950s.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of English Songs written by Charles Mackay and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Furia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135471924
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Songs written by Philip Furia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless. Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song. For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America'sSongs will make for fascinating reading.

Author : Joseph Ritson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Select Collection of English Songs written by Joseph Ritson and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Al P. Nelson
Publisher : Cooper Square Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Silent Siren Song written by Al P. Nelson and published by Cooper Square Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the journey of Harry (1877-1956) and Roy Aitken (1882-1976), two brothers from the Wisconsin farmlands who pioneered the studio system of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Author : Kris Yenbamroong
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 0451497872
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night + Market written by Kris Yenbamroong and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love to eat Thai food, but don’t know how to cook it, Kris Yenbamroong wants to solve your problems. His brash style of spicy, sharp Thai party food is created, in part, by stripping down traditional recipes to wring maximum flavor out of minimum hassle. Whether it’s a scorching hot crispy rice salad, lush coconut curries, or a wok-seared pad Thai, it’s all about demystifying the universe of Thai flavors to make them work in your life. Kris is the chef of Night + Market, and this cookbook is the story of his journey from the Thai-American restaurant classics he grew eating at his family’s restaurant, to the rural cooking of Northern Thailand he fell for traveling the countryside. But it’s also a story about how he came to question what authenticity really means, and how his passion for grilled meats, fried chicken, tacos, sushi, wine and good living morphed into an L.A. Thai restaurant with a style all its own.

Author : Noah Greenberg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486413747
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An English Medieval and Renaissance Song Book written by Noah Greenberg and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An elegant anthology. The specialist will not miss the quiet sophistication with which the music has been selected and prepared. Some of it is printed here for the first time, and much of it has been edited anew." "Notes" This treasury of 47 vocal works edited by Noah Greenberg, founder and former director of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua will delight all lovers of medieval and Renaissance music. Containing a wealth of both religious and secular music from the 12th to the 17th centuries, the collection covers a broad range of moods, from the hearty "Blow Thy Horne Thou Jolly Hunter" by William Cornysh to the reflective and elegiac "Cease Mine Eyes" by Thomas Morley. Of the religious works, nine were written for church services, including "Sanctus" by Henry IV and "Angus Dei" from a beautiful four-part mass by Thomas Tallis. Other religious songs in the collection come from England's rich tradition of popular religious lyric poetry, and include William Byrd's "Susanna Farye," the anonymously written "Deo Gracias Anglia" (The Agincort Carol), and Thomas Ravenscroft's "O Lord, Turne Now Away Thy Face" and "Remember O Thou Man." Approximately half of the songs are secular, some from the popular tradition and others from the courtly poets and musicians surrounding such musically inclined monarchs as Henry VIII who himself is represented in this collection with two charming songs, "With Owt Dyscorde" and "O My Hart." Among the notable composers of Tudor and Elizabethan England represented here are Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland, and Thomas Weelkes. "