Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-353) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The lyre of light -- The classical style : composers in the studio era -- A song remembered : Frédéric Chopin goes to war -- The new Tin Pan Alley : Hollywood looks at American popular songwriters -- "Just an innocent bystander" : the composer films of Ken Russell -- "A long, dark coda into the night" : the composer films of Tony Palmer -- Revisionist portraits : a medley of recent composer biopics.
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