Composing for the Films - Hardcover

Adorno, Theodor W.; Eisler, Hanns

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0485114542 ISBN 13: 9780485114546

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

This classic account of the nature of film music aesthetics was first published in 1947. Its value comes from a unique combination of talents and experience enjoyed by the book's authors. Eisler's time at Hollywood gave him a particular insight on the technical questions which arise for composers when music is used in the production of films, while Adorno was able to contribute on wide aesthetic and sociological matters as well as specifically musical questions. Above all, the authors envisaged the book as a contribution to the study of modern, industrialized culture, and, in this respect, it has a particular importance to the whole area of cultural studies.

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About the Author:

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was Director of the Institut fur Sozialforschung in Frankfurt. He is the author of Dialectic and Enlightenment and Aesthetic Theory. Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) was a composer and wrote the scores for a number of Hollywood productions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0485114542
• ISBN 13: 9780485114546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 195