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Beautiful monsters imagining the classic in musical media

Title
Beautiful monsters [electronic resource] : imagining the classic in musical media / Michael Long.
Author
Long, Michael, 1952-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 311 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
California studies in 20th-century music ; 10
Uniform Title
Beautiful monsters (Online)
Alternative Title
Beautiful monsters (Online)
Subject
  • Popular music and art music
  • Popular music > History and criticism
  • Motion picture music > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2007051009
OCLC
ssj0000681965
Author
Long, Michael, 1952-
Title
Beautiful monsters [electronic resource] : imagining the classic in musical media / Michael Long.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Series
California studies in 20th-century music ; 10
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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