MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pedal Point, Ower, Duke Ellington
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Midterm: after birth of a nation to end of laura. Burnam who is an aspiring writer, but is addicted to alcohol family and friends go on a weekend vacation, he stays behind to write, but spirals out of control in terms of his illness. Calls attention to alcoholism, which isn"t known about in 1945: music for both was amazing. Both nominated for academy (sb won) (however he thought tlw was better) Both lms are psychologically nature, dealing with disturbed characters. One of the rst times we see the use of an electronic instrument in a lm score: both of these lms got the attention to electronic instruments, composers are beginning to move away from the symphony orchestra. He sits down and starts typing: becomes tonal/ romantic with mention of helen, comic/ uncertain as he fumbles with hate and cigarette, turns darker as he sees the bottle (empty alcohol bottle)- theremin enters with dissonant theme.
