Film Music Studies in the mid-1990s

George Burt's Art and Royal S. Brown's Reading

Authors

  • David Neumeyer University of Texas at Austin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.v1i1.79

Keywords:

George Burt, Royal S. Brown, film music

Abstract

Critical review of George Burt, The Art of Film Music. Boston:Northeastern University Press, 1994 and Royal S. Brown. Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.

Author Biography

  • David Neumeyer, University of Texas at Austin

    David Neumeyer is Professor in Music Theory and Leslie Waggener Professor in Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. His published articles and other books deal with Hindemith, Schenkerian theory, and music in cinema. He is a co-editor of the recent book entitled Music and Cinema published by University Press of New England.

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Published

2009-06-19

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How to Cite

Neumeyer, D. (2009). Film Music Studies in the mid-1990s: George Burt’s Art and Royal S. Brown’s Reading. Journal of Film Music, 1(1), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.v1i1.79

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