MUSIC246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Arthur Honegger, Bernard Herrmann, Great Depression
28 Aug 2015
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The adventures of robin hood, the wizard of oz (1939), lost horizon (1937) The 1940s: inters in stories that are more realistic . Psychological drama, complex motivations, character driven narrative. In part driven by the cynicism brought on by wwii. The 1940s are when we see an increase in the number or american born composers rising to prominence in hollywood such as: At the suggestion of arthur honegger, rosza goes into lm scoring (1934) Does some lm work in england, 1934-1939. Due to world war ii, travels to the us in 1939 to complete the thief of bagdad (1940). Started in france and then moved to hollywood. Rosza gets typecast for only doing fantastical lms because of thief of bagdad. Jungle book (1942) first soundtrack released on record in the u. s. A lm where you know who did the murder, but rather the question is if they are going to get away with it.
