Listening to the French New Wave: The Film Music and Composers of Postwar French Art Cinema

Author:   Wendy Everett ,  Axel Goodbody ,  Orlene Denice McMahon
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   16
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9783034317504


Pages:   300
Publication Date:   21 March 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Listening to the French New Wave: The Film Music and Composers of Postwar French Art Cinema


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Author:   Wendy Everett ,  Axel Goodbody ,  Orlene Denice McMahon
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9783034317504


ISBN 10:   3034317506
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   21 March 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: 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’.

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).


Author Information

Orlene Denice McMahon is an Associate Lecturer in Musicology at Paris-Sorbonne University. She is a musicologist specialising in film and media music with a doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

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