Music in Films on the Middle Ages

More about the book

The book delves into the intricate relationship between music and approximately five hundred feature-length films set in the Middle Ages, spanning from the late 1890s to the present. It examines the tension between authentic medieval music evidence and the cinematic music tradition, encompassing all musical sounds in films. Furthermore, it situates medieval film music within the larger historical framework of pre-cinematic medievalisms and the evolution of medievalist cinema, highlighting its American interpretation of European culture throughout the twentieth century.