Melodrama Made Good
Ennoblement by Deletion in Edgar Stillman Kelley’s Score to Ben-Hur
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Edgar Stillman Kelly, <i>Ben-Hur</i>Abstract
As one of the last great stage melodramas, Edgar Stillman Kelley’s Score to Ben-Hur represents one of the last flourishes of melodramatic music before the onset of the movie age. This article provides an overview of the music in the autograph score of Ben-Hur and explores the various dramatic functions of the music as presented by Kelley.
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Kelley, Edgar Stillman. 1899. Ben-Hur. Autograph scores and sketches, Western College Memorial Archives.
———. 1899. Unpublished Letter. Western College Memorial Archives.
———. 1900. Song of Iras: from “Ben-Hur.” New York: Sol Bloom.
———. 1902. Words and Music of Klaw & Erlanger’s Production of Gen. Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur. New York: Tower & Curran.
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King, Maurice. 1970. Edgar Stillman Kelley: American Composer, Teacher, and Author. Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Preston, Katherine K. and Nicholas E. Tawa. 2012 Kelley, Edgar Stillman. In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.mcc1.library.csulb.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/14847 (accessed 1 July 2012). Young, William. 1900. Ben-Hur, Buffalo, NY: Courier Co.
Published
2013-10-31
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How to Cite
Hannington, L. (2013). Melodrama Made Good: Ennoblement by Deletion in Edgar Stillman Kelley’s Score to Ben-Hur. Journal of Film Music, 5(1-2), 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.v5i1-2.49
