Descript |
x, 272 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
A biblical story for the post-World War II generation? : Victor Young's music for DeMille's Samson and Delilah -- Turning away from "concocted spectacle" : Alfred Newman's score for David and Bathsheba -- Spectacle and authenticity in Miklós Rózsa's Quo vadis score -- Novel and film, music and miracle : Alfred Newman's score to The robe -- Spirit and empire : Elmer Bernstein's score to The Ten Commandments -- The law of genre and the music for Ben-Hur -- King of kings and the problem of repetition -- Suoni nuovi, suoni antichi : the soundscapes of Barabbas -- Universality, transcendence, and collapse : music and the greatest story ever told. |
ISBN |
9780253014511 (paperback) |
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9780253014436 (hardcover) |
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