Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film

Informationen zum Autor Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith is a musicologist, an Adjunct Faculty member of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts of Springfield College, USA, and a Visiting Associate Professor/Lecturer in the Music Department and College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University, USA. She is the author of Listen to Classic Rock! (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-author with Anthony J. Fonseca of Listen to Hip Hop! (Bloomsbury, 2021), both in the Exploring Musical Genres series. Anthony J. Fonseca , PhD, is library director and college archivist at Elms College in Massachusetts, where he also teaches courses in rock music and music literature as an adjunct. Klappentext The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world. The entries in this volume encompass a range of subjects that including straightforward biographies, rockumentaries, and even the occasional mockumentary. The scope also allows for the inclusion of films about fictional singers and bands (including girl bands), with emphasis on a variety of themes: songwriter-band relationships, the rise and fall of a career, music saving the day, the promoter's point-of-view, band competitions, the traveling band, and rock-based absurdity. Zusammenfassung The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world. The entries in this volume encompass a range of subjects that including straightforward biographies! rockumentaries! and even the occasional mockumentary. The scope...

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• Authors: FONSECA, Anthony J. Fonseca, Fonseca Anthony J., Melissa Goldsmith, Melissa U. D. Goldsmith, Melissa U. D. Willson Goldsmith, Melissa U. D./ Willson Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith, Melissa Willson Goldsmith, Goldsmith Melissa Ursula Dawn, Paige A. Willson, Willson Paige A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781442269866
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6986-6
• No. of pages: 486
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Reference, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Films, cinema, Reference works, Pop Music, Popular Music, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, Music of film and stage, popular music in film