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Article: Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography.(Book review)
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Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography. By John C. Tibbetts. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. [xvi, 365 p. ISBN 0-300-10674-2. $45.] Illustrations, index, bibliography, notes.
There has been a great deal written about movies, movie music, and composers, but John Tibbetts's Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography is the first to explore the history of feature films and documentaries specifically about composers. For many viewers, these films served, and continue to serve, as introductions to these composers and their music. For example, the film Amadeus (1984) introduced many moviegoers to Mozart and his works. Who can forget the ...