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John Caps Henry Mancini (Paperback) Music in American Life (UK IMPORT)

Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Title: Henry Mancini. Genre: Biography.

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Book Title	Henry Mancini
Country/Region of Manufacture	US
EAN	9780252081248
Genre	Biography
ISBN	9780252081248
ISBN-10	0252081242
Release Date	07/17/2015
Release Year	2015
Subtitle	Reinventing Film Music
Title	Henry Mancini
Topic	Films & TV
Subject Area	Music, Biography & Autobiography
Publication Name	Henry Mancini : Reinventing Film Music
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
Item Length	9.2 in
Subject	History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year	2015
Series	Music in American Life Ser.
Type	Textbook
Format	Trade Paperback
Language	English
Item Height	1.1 in
Author	John Caps
Item Weight	18.1 Oz
Item Width	6.2 in
Number of Pages	312 Pages

Further DetailsTitle: Henry ManciniCondition: NewDescription: Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation, between the grand formal orchestral film scores of the past and a modern American minimalist approach. Mancini's sound seemed to capture the bright, confident, welcoming voice of the middle class's new efficient life: interested in pop songs and jazz, in movie and television, in outreach politics but also conventional stay-at-home comforts. As John Caps shows, Mancini easily combined it all in his music. Mancini wielded influence in Hollywood and around the world with his iconic scores: dynamic jazz for the noirish detective TV show Peter Gunn, the sly theme from The Pink Panther, and his wistful folk song "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Through insightful close readings of key films, Caps traces Mancini's collaborations with important directors and shows how he homed in on specific dramatic or comic aspects of the film to create musical effects through clever instrumentation, eloquent musical gestures, and meaningful resonances and continuities in his scores. Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music. John Caps is an award-winning writer and producer of documentaries. He served as producer, writer, and host for four seasons of the National Public Radio syndicated series The Cinema Soundtrack, featuring interviews with and music of film composers. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

A volume in the series Music in American Life

Author: John CapsCountry/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780252081248Format: PaperbackGenre: BiographyISBN: 9780252081248ISBN-10: 0252081242Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 513gItem Width: 28mmLanguage: EnglishPublisher: University of Illinois PressRelease Date: 07/17/2015Book Series: Music in American LifeSubtitle: Reinventing Film MusicTopic: Music Dance & Theatre, Films & TVRelease Year: 2015

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