History as Fantasy in Music, Sound, Image, and Media

James Cook (Edinburgh University), Alexander Kolassa, Alexander Robinson , Adam Whittaker

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Routledge
11 April 2024

Film, TV & Radio; Music; Western "classical" music; History: specific events & topics; Media studies

Series: Music and Visual Culture

Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past. The volume brings together essays from multidisciplinary perspectives, addressing the use of music to convey a sense of the past in a wide range of multimedia contexts, including television, documentaries, opera, musical theatre, contemporary and historical film, videogames, and virtual reality. With a focus on early music and medievalism, the contributors theorise the role of music and sound in constructing ideas of the past. In three interrelated sections, the chapters problematise notions of historical authenticity on the stage and screen; theorise the future of musical histories in immersive and virtual media; and explore sound’s role in more fantastical appropriations of history in television and videogames. Together, they pose

provocative questions regarding our perceptions of ‘early’ music and the sensory experience of distant history. Offering new ways to understand the past at the crossroads of musical and visual culture, this collection is relevant to researchers across music, media, and historical and cultural studies.

Edited by: James Cook (Edinburgh University), Alexander Kolassa, Alexander Robinson, Adam Whittaker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781032271866
ISBN 10: 1032271868
Series: Music and Visual Culture
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 11 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Cook is Senior Lecturer in Early Music at the University of Edinburgh. Alexander Kolassa is a Lecturer in Music at the Open University, UK. Alexander Robinson is a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at the CESR, Tours, France. Adam Whittaker is Head of Pedagogy at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire,UK.