Book contents
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Composers in Context
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Graphs and Tables
- Musical Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Note
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Biography, People, Places
- Part II Inspiration and Expression
- Part III Culture and Society
- Part IV Arts
- Chapter 19 Literature
- Chapter 20 Visual Art
- Chapter 21 Theatre, 1895–1914
- Chapter 22 Dance
- Chapter 23 Film
- Part V Institutions
- Part VI Reception
- Further Reading
- Book part
- Index of Works
- General Index
Chapter 23 - Film
from Part IV - Arts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Composers in Context
- Vaughan Williams in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Graphs and Tables
- Musical Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Note
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Biography, People, Places
- Part II Inspiration and Expression
- Part III Culture and Society
- Part IV Arts
- Chapter 19 Literature
- Chapter 20 Visual Art
- Chapter 21 Theatre, 1895–1914
- Chapter 22 Dance
- Chapter 23 Film
- Part V Institutions
- Part VI Reception
- Further Reading
- Book part
- Index of Works
- General Index
Summary
Vaughan Williams’s film scores are considered in light of the state of the British film industry from the 1930s into the post–Second World War period, and of the implications of the composer’s bold decision to try his hand at what many of his contemporaries might have regarded as a rather inferior use of music. His contribution of scores for both feature films and documentaries involved some interesting ideas of his own about the genre of cinematic music. The responses of contemporary critics reflected the complexity of British attitudes to the dominance of Hollywood as much as the inventive ways in which Vaughan Williams negotiated the specific constraints upon British film-making during the Second World War and the demands for ‘propaganda’.
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- Vaughan Williams in Context , pp. 196 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024