History as fantasy in music, sound, image and media / edited by James Cook, Alexander Kolassa, Alexander Robinson, and Adam Whittaker.
"Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past. The volume brings together essays from multidisciplinary perspectives, addressing the use of music to convey a sense of t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2024.
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| Series: | Music and visual culture.
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| Summary: | "Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past. The volume brings together essays from multidisciplinary perspectives, addressing the use of music to convey a sense of the past in a wide range of multimedia contexts, including television, documentaries, opera, musical theatre, contemporary and historical film, video games, and virtual reality. With a focus on early music and medievalism, the contributors theorise the role of music and sound in constructing ideas of the past. In three interrelated sections, the chapters problematise notions of historical authenticity on the stage and screen; theorise the future of musical histories in immersive and virtual media; and explore sound's role in more fantastical appropriations of history in television and video games. Together, they pose provocative questions regarding our perceptions of 'early' music and the sensory experience of distant history. Offering new ways to understand the past at the crossroads of musical and visual culture, this collection is relevant to researchers across music, media, historical and cultural studies"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 265 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003291725 1003291724 9781040012673 1040012671 9781040012703 1040012701 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2024). |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | James Cook is Senior Lecturer in Early Music at the University of Edinburgh. Alexander Kolassa is a Lecturer in Music at the Open University, UK. Alexander Robinson is a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at the CESR, Tours, France. Adam Whittaker is Head of Pedagogy at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire,UK. |