Siren city sound and source music in classic American noir / Robert Miklitsch.

Author/creator Miklitsch, Robert, 1953-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionxxii, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

Contents House sound : reverb, offscreen sound, and voice-over narration in early RKO noir -- Sonic effects : sound and fury in Forties noir -- Audio technologies : intercoms and dictaphones, telephones and radios, phonographs and jukeboxes -- Blues in the night : popular and classical instrumental source music -- Singing detectives and bluesmen, black jazzwomen and torch singers -- The big number (side b) : killing them softly -- The big number (a side) : siren city.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010013760
ISBN9780813548982 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813548999 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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