MUSC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Celluloid, Atonality, Emile Berliner
16 Sep 2016
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Sound technology: has altered how we listen to music, but also how composers create it. Emile berliner patented a disc playing gramophone inexpensive radios democratized music. Early 1910- storefront nickelodeon theaters sprung up across america o: musical accompaniment improvised by a pianist, often with a percussionist for sound effects. Technology allowed filmmakers to create sound tracks that contained dialogue, sound effects and music o o o o o. Both sight and sound encoded together in filmstrip. Cues- music was written for sections in films when people were not speaking. Film score- made up of any number of individual cues. Max steiner, gone with the wind o. Post wwii film subjects were dark and brooding. Dealt with the seamier side of life- murder, crime, addiction. Bebop jazz of nightclubs used in the big combo (1955) Composer henry mancini lightened and latinized jazz for breakfast at tiffany. Incorporated electronic instruments, oscillators, and eerie sounding there minds.
