title: Music and the Silent Film: Contexts and Case Studies, 1895-1924
author:  Martin Miller Marks 
description: <br>"The book is well worth it, considering the sheer amount of information it contains. The writing itself is clear and direct... Musically-savvy readers will probably be happy to see a scholarly film music book with not only substantial analytical discussions but also musical examples in abundance.<br><br>"Anderson is especially interested in, and adept at, providng information of practical use to musicians and researchers in tracking down material. ... It is one of the most substantial studies of silent film music available, and it constitutes both a useful reference work and a solid inquiry in a field only just beginning to open up to historians."--<em>Journal of Film Music</em>
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  FILM MUSIC: A HISTORY
  
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  _Film Music: A History_ explains the development of film music by considering
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  aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic,
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  The book’s four large parts are given over to Music and the “Silent” Film 7
  
  (1894–1927), Music and the Early Sound Film (1894–1933), Music in the
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  Style” Hollywood Film (1933–1960), and Film Music in the Post-Classic Period 9
  
  (1958–2008). Whereas most treatments of the subject are simply chronicles of
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  film scores” and their composers, this book offers a genuine history of film
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  in terms of societal changes and technological and economic developments
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  film industry. Instead of celebrating film-music masterpieces, it
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  thoroughly—with the complex “machine” whose smooth running allowed those
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