Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-329) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : what were musicians saying about television music during the first decade of broadcasting? -- Toward an associative theory of television music -- "Hello out there in TV land" : musical agency in the early television anthology drama -- "And now a word from our sponsor" : musical structure and mediation in early TV commercials -- "Beam me up, Scottie!" : leitmotifs, musical topos, and ascription in the sci-fi drama -- "Go for your guns" : narrative syntax and musical functions in the TV western -- Tube of pleasure, tube of bliss : television music as (not so) drastic experience -- "And now another word from our sponsor" : strategies of occultation and imbuement in musical commercials -- "Just the facts, ma'am" : musical style change and markedness in the police drama -- "The truth is out there" : music in modern/postmodern television.
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