From Stage to Screen: Musical Films in Europe and United States (1927-1961) (Speculum Musicae, 19) - Hardcover

Sala, Massimiliano

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503546145 ISBN 13: 9782503546148

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

This volume offers new contributions to international scholarship on musical films (1927-1961), focusing in particular on the relationships between entertainment genres such as operetta, cafe music, music hall, cabaret, revue that were prominent during the early years of film. In this volume twenty scholars investigate a number of significant aspects of the topic, exploring the interrelations and possible borrowings between European film culture (including some reference to Eastern European film culture), and the musical theatre and film tradition of the United States. The authors featured are: Lauren Acton, Beatrice Birardi, Antonio Caroccia, Marija Ciric, Jonathan De Souza, James Deutsch, Alexandra Grabarchuk, Clara Huber, Ryan P. Jones, Raymond Knapp, Isabelle Le Corff, Sergio Miceli, Matilde Olarte, Jaume Radigales, Elena Redaelli, Marida Rizzuti, Cecile Vendramini, Isabel Villanueva, Delphine Vincent, Emile Wennekes, Leanne Wood, Iryna Yaroshchuk.

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About the Author

Massimiliano Sala is Vice President of the Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini (Lucca) and Secretary Treasurer of the Italian National Edition of Pietro Antonio Locatelli's Complete Works. On the Board of the Scholarly Committees of the Italian National Edition of Muzio Clementi's Complete Works and Italian National Edition of Luigi Boccherini's Complete Works, he is a founder of Ad Parnassum Journal. His publications include writings on eighteenth- to twentieth-centuries music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503546145
• ISBN 13: 9782503546148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338