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One night on TV is worth weeks at the Paramount : popular music on early television

Title
One night on TV is worth weeks at the Paramount : popular music on early television / Murray Forman.
Author
Forman, Murray, 1959-
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.

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Description
xiii, 405 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Console-ing passions: television and cultural power
Uniform Title
Console-ing passions.
Subject
  • Television broadcasting of music > United States > History > 20th century
  • Television and music > United States > History > 20th century
  • Popular music > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [363] -387) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Popular music and the small screen frontier -- Music, image, labor: televisionSpre-history -- "Hey TV!": musical pioneers and pessimists -- Harmonizing genres -- The look of music -- Music in a sepia tone -- Maracas, congas, and castanets -- Conclusion: rocking the tv conventions.
Call Number
MWGT 13-401
ISBN
  • 9780822349983 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822349981 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822350118 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822350114 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011041900
OCLC
757838333
Author
Forman, Murray, 1959-
Title
One night on TV is worth weeks at the Paramount : popular music on early television / Murray Forman.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series
Console-ing passions: television and cultural power
Console-ing passions.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363] -387) and index.
Research Call Number
MWGT 13-401
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