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Erich Wolfgang Korngold's the Adventures of Robin Hood
A Film Score Guide
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2007
Summary
Among the many fine examples of film scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), the score for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) stands out the most. Winner of the Academy Award™ for best dramatic score in 1938, it is seen by many as the archetypal accompaniment to a Warner Brothers swashbuckler, and it established Korngold as one of the leading exponents of film score composition at a formative point in its history.
In Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood: A Film Score Guide, author Ben Winters uses manuscript and archival research to challenge preconceived notions about the score's composer and its authorship. In the first two chapters, Winters examines Korngold's career on its own and in relation to the film, including his background in composing concert music and opera, his film scoring techniques, and his engagement with the Hollywood studio system. Chapter three focuses on the Robin Hood film while placing Korngold's music in a larger framework. It examines the film's treatment of the Robin Hood legend, its historical and critical contexts, and its place within the swashbuckler genre and the studio's anti-fascist agenda. While looking closely at the composer's work on this score, chapter four shows sources Korngold used, the music's production process, and the changes the score had undergone. The book concludes with a thematic analysis and reading of the score, identifying the various musical 'voices' that the listener weaves together as he or she experiences the film. This detailed consideration of Korngold's masterpiece will be continually turned to by film and music scholars alike.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5888-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-5843-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
186
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CONTENTS No access
List of Illustrations No access
Editor's Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction What's in a Title? No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1 Korngold and the Studio System No access Pages 5 - 20
Chapter 2 Korngold's Technique of Scoring Films No access Pages 21 - 50
Chapter 3 The Historical and Critical Context of Robin Hood No access Pages 51 - 70
Chapter 4 Composing Robin Hood No access Pages 71 - 110
Chapter 5 Analysis and Readings of the Score No access Pages 111 - 148
Appendix No access Pages 149 - 152
Notes No access Pages 153 - 170
Bibliography No access Pages 171 - 176
Index No access Pages 177 - 184
About the Author No access Pages 185 - 186
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