Long, Michael, 1952-

Beautiful monsters : imagining the classic in musical media / Michael Long. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - x, 311 p. : ill ; 24 cm. - California studies in 20th-century music ; 10 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.

Registering the classic. The expressive vernacular ; Making overtures ; Yiddishkeit and the musical ethics of cinema -- Envisioning the classic. Hearing monsters ; The fantastic, the picturesque, and the dimensions of nostalgia ; Listening in dark places ; Concertos, symphonies, rhapsodies (and an opera) -- Conclusion: sitting down with mnemosyne.

9780520228979 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520257207 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007051009


Popular music and art music.
Popular music--History and criticism.
Motion picture music--History and criticism.

ML3470 / .L64 2008

781.6/8

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