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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | MUSCH251B001 |
Course Title | Music, Film & Narrative |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Music |
Instructor | Freedman,Richard |
Times and Days | MW 09:00am-10:30am
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Room Location | UN114 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2256 An introduction to music and film with special attention to works from the 1930s through the 1950s by composers such as Auric, Copland, Eisler, Herrmann, Korngold, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Steiner, Tiomkin and Waxman. Close study of orchestration, harmony and thematic process as they contribute to cinematic narrative and form. Source readings include artistic positions staked out by film composers themselves as well as critical and scholarly essays by leading writers on the narrative possibilities of film music. Extensive reading, listening, and viewing assignments. Weekly writing assignments, three short essays, journal, and class discussion.; Prerequisite(s): Music 203 or equivalent knowledge of music theory. Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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