Overview
- Theoretical originality of approach
Wide range of examples used from radio, film, TV and classical as well as popular music
Practical approach (including exercises at the end of chapters and a glossary of key terms at the back of the book) makes this an idea teaching text for both vocational/practical media studies courses and for academic/theoretical ones
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores what speech, music and other sounds have in common. It gives a detailed description of the way perspective, rhythm, textual quality and other aspects of sound are used to communicate emotion and meaning. It draws on a wealth of examples from radio (disk jockey and newsreading speech, radio plays, advertising jingles, news signature tunes), film soundtracks (The Piano, The X-files, Disney animation films), music ranging from medieval plain chant to drum 'n' bass and everyday soundscapes.
About the author
THEO VAN LEEUWEN is a filmmaker, jazz musician and semiotician. He is Chair in Language and Communication at Cardiff University. Previously, he worked at the London School of Printing and at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the co-author, with G. Kress, of Reading Images.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Speech, Music, Sound
Authors: Theo Leeuwen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27700-1
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Theo van Leeuwen 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 240
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Music