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Musical Mimesis in Orphans of the Storm
- Author(s):
- Kendra Leonard (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- American Musicological Society, MS Screen Arts and Culture
- Subject(s):
- Musicology, Motion pictures, Twentieth century, Culture--Study and teaching, United States, Motion picture music, Music theory
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- 20th-century film, American cultural studies, Film music, Film
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6HT2GB22
- Abstract:
- In this essay I explore the use of musical mimesis in the score for D. W. Griffith’s 1921 film Orphans of the Storm. I demonstrate that the score, created by Louis F. Gottschalk and William Frederick Peters, offers coherence through the use of central themes and the employment of several characteristic leitmotivs; provides recognizable musical characterizations of emotions and physical phenomena, establishing a consistent mimetic aspect to the music; and reflects the structure of the film as a whole.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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