Music in films on the middle ages: authenticity vs. fantasy
Auteur :
Haines, John
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032925271
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
360 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores the role of music in the some five hundred feature-length films on the Middle Ages produced between the late 1890s and the present day. Haines focuses on the tension in these films between the surviving evidence for medieval music and the idiomatic tradition of cinematic music. The latter is taken broadly as any musical sound