The film music of Edmund Meisel (1894–1930)

Ford, Fiona (2011) The film music of Edmund Meisel (1894–1930). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.

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Abstract

This thesis discusses the film scores of Edmund Meisel (1894–1930), composed in Berlin and London during the period 1926–1930. In the main, these scores were written for feature-length films, some for live performance with silent films and some recorded for post-synchronized sound films. The genesis and contemporaneous reception of each score is discussed within a broadly chronological framework. Meisel’s scores are evaluated largely outside their normal left-wing proletarian and avant-garde backgrounds, drawing comparisons instead with narrative scoring techniques found in mainstream commercial practices in Hollywood during the early sound era. The narrative scoring techniques in Meisel’s scores are demonstrated through analyses of his extant scores and soundtracks, in conjunction with a review of surviving documentation and modern reconstructions where available.

Item Type: Thesis (University of Nottingham only) (PhD)
Supervisors: Cooke, M.J.
Hibberd, S.
Subjects: M Music and Literature on music > ML Literature of music
Faculties/Schools: UK Campuses > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities
Item ID: 12271
Depositing User: EP, Services
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2012 13:36
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2017 08:06
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12271

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