Bennett, Alexis. 2015. Music Directors And Composers In British Cinema Of The 1930s: The Creative Process And Working Musical Relationships. FACTA UNIVERSITATIS, Series Visual Arts and Music, 1(1), pp. 13-19. ISSN 2466-2887 [Article]

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British film music in the 1930s might be defined by its variety. Unlike its Hollywood counterpart, there was no fully developed 'production line' as an alternative to creating film scores. Nevertheless, most studios had a musical director, who was responsible for the brokering of composer deals and seeing a project to completion. This paper aims at examining a few individuals working in Britain at the time, such as Muir Mathieson, Arthur Bliss and Mischa Spoliansky, and revealing some of the diplomacy that had to be negotiated to produce some of the major scores of the period. I ask to what extent MDs actually engineered the stylistic direction of the music.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	FACTA UNIVERSITATIS, Series Visual Arts and Music is an Open Access Journal in accordance with the Berlin Declaration. All articles can be downloaded free of charge for personal, educational and scientific purposes (Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND). http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FUVisArtMus/about/editorialPolicies#openAccessPolicy
Keywords:	British film music, 1930s, Arthur Bliss, Muir Mathieson, Mischa Spoliansky
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Music
Dates:	Date Event 20 June 2015 Accepted 2015 Published
Item ID:	37125
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2024 15:56
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2024 16:02
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37125

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