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As Heard on TV
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Tuning In looks at and listens to the first fifty years of American narrative television music as a unique art form. Drawing on music in a wide variety of television genres - from westerns to science-fiction thrillers to police dramas to sitcoms and commercials - author Ronald Rodman develops a new theory of television music to explain how it conveys meaning to American viewing audiences. Music in television, Rodman argues, finds its origins both in radio and in cinema, and is thus a unique multimedia form that demands its own methods of analysis. From The Dick van Dyke Show and I Love Lucy to Twin Peaks and The X-Files, Rodman's arguments are grounded in a fascinatingly historically wide-ranging and diverse selection of shows.
The book also crosses media genres, looking at how the Broadway stage and the Hollywood film musical have influenced television variety shows and situation comedies. Drawing on music analysis and narrative and semiotic theories, this stimulating book illustrates how music forms part of the code that makes television broadcasts culturally meaningful.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
370
Release Date:
2009-12-17
Publication Date:
2009-12-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0195340248
ISBN13:
9780195340242
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Weight:
751 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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