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American Traditional Music in Max Steiner’s Score for “Gone with the Wind”

Fisher, Heather Grace
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1282344604

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2010, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music History.
Film composer Max Steiner’s score for Gone with the Wind (1939) showcases a substantial amount of American traditional music from the nineteenth century. The overwhelming amount of music included in the film has left it neglected in film music studies. My analysis of the traditional music in the soundtrack will demonstrate multiple considerations of how the music works within the film. The first chapter delves into the source of the film, the novel Gone with the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell. This discussion includes an analysis of the major musical moments in the novel. The second chapter examines the film production itself, especially the difficulties that Max Steiner and his fellow composers and arrangers working on the film experienced while writing the score. The final chapter investigates the historical and political context of the American traditional songs Steiner included in the soundtrack and how they function within the film.
Dr. Eftychia Papanikolaou (Advisor)
Dr. Per Broman (Committee Member)
110 p.
Music
music in Gone with the Wind; traditional music in Gone with the Wind; analysis of music in Gone with the Wind; analysis of Max Steiner score for Gone with the Wind

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  • Fisher, H. G. (2010). American Traditional Music in Max Steiner’s Score for “Gone with the Wind” [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1282344604

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fisher, Heather. American Traditional Music in Max Steiner’s Score for “Gone with the Wind”. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1282344604.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fisher, Heather. "American Traditional Music in Max Steiner’s Score for “Gone with the Wind”." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1282344604

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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