Music in Television: Channels of Listening (Routledge Music and Screen Media Series)

**Music in Television** is a collection of essays examining television’s production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frameworks, broadcast practices, technologies, and aesthetics. It presents the reader with overviews of major genres and issues, as well as specific case studies of important television programs and events. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the essays range from historical-analytical surveys of TV sound and genre designations to studies of the music in individual programs, including __South Park__ and __Dr. Who__. Introduction: The Problem Of Music In Television / James Deaville -- A Discipline Emerges: Reading Writing About Listening To Television / James Deaville -- Corperettas, Detecterns, And Space Operas: Music And Genre Hybridization In American Television / Ron Rodman -- Television Music And The History Of Television Sound / Shawn Vancour -- Rural Music On American Television, 1948-2010 / Michael Saffle -- Music In The Golden Age Of Television News Documentaries At Nbc / Colin Roust -- Bad Wolf : Leitmotif In Doctor Who (2005) / Robynn J. Stilwell -- From Punk To The Musical: South Park, Music, And The Cartoon Format / Sean Nye -- It's What's Happening, Baby! Television Music And The Politics Of The War On Poverty / Norma Coates -- Channeling Glenn Gould: Masculinities On Television And New Hollywood / Julie Brown -- The Rock Man's Burden : Consuming Canada At Live 8 / Kip Pegley -- Appendix : Generation X, South Park, And Television Music Composition : An Interview With Adam Berry Conducted By Sean Nye. Edited By James Deaville. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Music in Television is a collection of essays examining television’s production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frameworks, broadcast practices, technologies, and aesthetics. It presents the reader with overviews of major genres and issues, as well as specific case studies of important television programs and events. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the essays range from historical-analytical surveys of TV sound and genre designations to studies of the music in individual programs, including South Park and Dr. Who . Music in Television is a collection of essays examining television' s production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frameworks, broadcast practices, technologies, and aesthetics. It presents the reader with overviews of major genres and issues, as well as specific case studies of important television programs and events. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the essays range from historical-analytical surveys of TV sound and genre designations to studies of the music in individual .. The Routledge Music and Screen Media Series offers edited collections of original essays on music, in particular genres of cinema, television, video games, and new media. These edited essay collections are written for an interdisciplinary audience of students and scholars of music and film and media studies. --Book Jacket