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PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter

ISBN-103034317506

ISBN-139783034317504

eBay Product ID (ePID)211885368

Product Key Features

Number of Pages300 Pages

Publication NameListening to the French New Wave : the Film Music and Composers of Postwar French Art Cinema

LanguageEnglish

SubjectFilm / General, History & Criticism, General, Ethnic

Publication Year2014

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

AuthorOrlene Denice Mcmahon

Subject AreaMusic, Performing Arts

SeriesNew Studies in European Cinema Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-930605

Dewey Edition23

Reviews«For film scholars and students, this volume can add a layer of nuanced sophistication to any reading of New Wave cinema» (Kim Harrison, H-France Review, Vol.15, no.124) «McMahon navigates her way effectively through the complex patterns of collaboration between filmmakers and composers, showing a clear grasp of the technical aspects of the process, and provides a very satisfying overview of an extremely rich period of French cinematic and musical creation.» (Peter Hawkins, French Studies, Vol. 69, no. 3, July 2015)., «For film scholars and students, this volume can add a layer of nuanced sophistication to any reading of New Wave cinema» (Kim Harrison, H-France Review, Vol.15, No.124), For film scholars and students, this volume can add a layer of nuanced sophistication to any reading of New Wave cinema (Kim Harrison, H-France Review, Vol.15, no.124) McMahon navigates her way effectively through the complex patterns of collaboration between filmmakers and composers, showing a clear grasp of the technical aspects of the process, and provides a very satisfying overview of an extremely rich period of French cinematic and musical creation. (Peter Hawkins, French Studies, Vol. 69, no. 3, July 2015).

Series Volume Number16

Number of Volumes0 vols.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal751.5 23

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentContents: Music and Cinema in Postwar Paris: A Cultural History - New Wave, New Music? Film Music Collaborations on the Right Bank - The French New Wave: A Musical Revolution? - Musicalising Moving Photographs: The Early Film Music of Agnès Varda - Musical 'Madeleines' in the Early Cinematic Essays of Chris Marker - Alain Resnais : 'Auteur Mélomane '.

SynopsisThis book offers the first detailed study of the music and composers of French New Wave cinema, offering a new look at this popular film movement. The author challenges the view that these films were revolutionary because of their reliance on traditional approaches to music yet highlights New Wave directors who adopted contemporary music practices., As perhaps the most studied film movement in cinematic history, the French New Wave has been analysed and criticised, romanticised and mythologised, raising the question of whether it is possible to write anything new about this period. Yet there are still gaps in the scholarship, and the study of music in New Wave films is one of the most striking. Listening to the French New Wave offers the first detailed study of the music and composers of French New Wave cinema, arguing for the need to re-hear and thus reassess this important period in film history. Combining an ethnographic approach with textual and score-based analysis, the author challenges the idea of the New Wave as revolutionary in all its facets by revealing traditional approaches to music in many canonical New Wave films. However, musical innovation does have its place in the New Wave, particularly in the films of the marginalised Left Bank group. The author ultimately brings to light those few collaborations that engaged with the ideology of adopting contemporary music practices for a contemporary medium. Drawing on archival material and interviews with New Wave composers, this book re-tells the story of the French New Wave from the perspective of its music.

LC Classification NumberML2075