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Tuning in : American narrative television music / Ron Rodman.

Author/creator Rodman, Ronald W. (Ronald Wayne)
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 356 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Music
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subject(s)
Series The Oxford music/media series
Oxford music/media series.
Contents Introduction : what were musicians saying about television music during the first decade of broadcasting? -- Toward an associative theory of television music -- "Hello out there in TV land" : musical agency in the early television anthology drama -- "And now a word from our sponsor" : musical structure and mediation in early TV commercials -- "Beam me up, Scottie!" : leitmotifs, musical topos, and ascription in the sci-fi drama -- "Go for your guns" : narrative syntax and musical functions in the TV western -- Tube of pleasure, tube of bliss : television music as (not so) drastic experience -- "And now another word from our sponsor" : strategies of occultation and imbuement in musical commercials -- "Just the facts, ma'am" : musical style change and markedness in the police drama -- "The truth is out there" : music in modern/postmodern television.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-329) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009007222
ISBN9780195340242 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195340248 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195340259 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195340256 (alk. paper)

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