Anonymous sounds library music and screen cultures in the 1960s and 1970s / edited by Nessa Johnston, Elodie A. Roy, and Jamie Sexton.
| Other author | Johnston, Nessa. |
| Other author | Sexton, Jamie. |
| Other author | Roy, Elodie A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. |
| Description | xii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | New approaches to sound, music, and media |
| Contents | Industrial Panorama : Visualising Labour Practices in Library Music / Carlo Nardi and Elodie A. Roy -- Film Music Publishing and the Rise of Library Music Records in Italy : Between Authorship and Anonymity / Maurizio Corbella. -- These Titles Do Not Mean Anything : Meaning-Making as Industrial Practice in Italian Library Music Records from the 1970s / Niccolò Galliano -- "Towards this Western, American set-up" : Library music in Finnish commercials of 1968 / Kaarina Kilpiö -- The Benny Hill Waltz and the Blackmail Theme : Library Music and Television Comedy in the 1970s / James Leggott -- The Sweeney - Library Music Use, Re-use and Cultural Association in the British TV Police Procedural / Hussein Boon -- "Funky Fanfare", a Cult Library Music Track / Nessa Johnston -- Avant-Stock : Bernard Estardy, Tele Music, and Experimentation in French Library Music / Alexis Bennett -- Empty Horizons : Library Music and the Occult / Mark Goodall -- Sampling the Obscure : The Recontextualization and Increased Value of Library Music / Jamie Sexton -- Golden Age Genius and Nameless Hack : Contemporary Views on Past and Present Library Music / Júlia Durand. |
| Abstract | "This cross-disciplinary collection provides the first comprehensive study of library music practices in the 1960s and 1970s. Library music was inexpensive, off-the-shelf music available to license for a small fee. It was widely used in television and film as a cheaper alternative to commissioned soundtracks. This book addresses questions about creativity, authorship and agency: How and in what conditions were library music tracks written, recorded and disseminated? Why has anonymity traditionally been such an important aspect of library music? How can we interpret the contemporary revival of library music and the phono-archaeological practices of collectors, reissue record labels, musicians and DJs?"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024028013 |
| ISBN | 9798765109861 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9798765109892 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |