Film Music (The Literature of Cinema Series)

ABOUT THIS SERIES -- This is one volume in a large series of reprints of significant and obscure books on film from the early 20th century, assembled by Arno Press in the early 1970's. All of them are nicely-printed, offset facsimile reprints on the inside. On the outside, they are lavender cloth with white details. The series is titled The Literature of Cinema. ABOUT THIS BOOK -- London's monograph on Film Music is noteworthy for its depth and range and is particularly for its European perspective. This is the 1936 Faber & Faber edition of Kurt London's Film Music, translated from the German by Constant Lambert. 280 pp. About 40 b&w illustrations, including excerpts from film scores. TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS -- Aesthetics and Psychology, From Pianist to Orchestra, Attempts at Synchronisation, Gramophone Records as Accompaniment, The Sound-on-Film Method, Dangers of Background Music, Orchestration Problems of the Sound-Film, Prominent European Film Composers.