City symphonies : sound and the composition of urban modernity, 1913-1931

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Daniel P. (Professor) (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
City symphonies (Motion pictures)
City symphonies (Motion pictures) > History and criticism.
Sound in motion pictures.
Sound motion pictures.
City sounds.
Cities and towns in motion pictures.
City and town life in motion pictures.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: City Symphonies: Sound and the Composition of Urban Modernity, 1913-1931
  • 1 In the Concert Hall: Luigi Russolo's The Art of Noises and The Awakening of a City
  • 2 On the Street: The Sound and Silence of Arseny Avraamov's Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922) and Moscow (1923)
  • 3 On the Screen: Sounding the Inaudible in the City Symphonies of Walter Ruttmann and Dziga Vertov
  • 4 On the Air: German Experimental Radio and the Radio City Symphony
  • 5 Around the World: Sight and Sound in the Global Symphonies of Vertov and Ruttmann
  • Coda: Listening to City Symphonies
  • Notes
  • Index

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