Kathryn Kalinak, Film Music: A Very Short Introduction

Anthony J. Bushard University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Abstract

Kathryn Kalinak’s Film Music: A Very Short Introduction combines incisive analysis with informative summaries of film music history and film theory, as well as increased coverage of non-Hollywood film/music traditions. Throughout, Kalinak provides the basis for both vigorous classroom discussion and scholarly discourse, and the text serves as a valuable resource for the film music instructor.

Author Biography

Anthony J. Bushard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Anthony J. Bushard is an assistant professor of music history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He received a BA in music (piano) from St. John’s University (Collegeville, Minnesota), as well as a masters and PhD in musicology from the University of Kansas. Prof. Bushard’s research interests are in contemporary American music with a special focus on jazz, blues, and film music. At UNL he teaches courses in jazz history, film music, world music, American music, and an introduction to undergraduate studies in music for first-year music majors.

Published

2011-02-01

Issue

Vol 1 No 2: (Spring 2011) The Textbook Issue

Section

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