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How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Kathryn M. Kalinak


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James Stewart once said, "For John Ford, there was no need for dialogue. The music said it all." This lively, accessible study is the first comprehensive analysis of Ford's use of music in his iconic westerns. Encompassing a variety of critical approaches and incorporating original archival research, Kathryn Kalinak explores the director's oft-noted predilection for American folk song, hymnody, and period music. What she finds is that Ford used music as more than a stylistic gesture. In fascinating discussions of Ford's westerns--from silent-era features such as Straight Shooting and The Iron Horse to classics of the sound era such as My Darling Clementine and The Searchers --Kalinak describes how the director exploited music, and especially song, in defining the geographical and ideological space of the American West.

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"How the West Was Sung is beautifully written, judiciously argued, and thoroughly researched. Even if you have a tin ear, Kathryn Kalinak will have you hearing Ford's Westerns in an entirely new way. This brilliant book represents a complete rethinking of films we thought we already knew."--Krin Gabbard, author of Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture

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  • Title How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford
  • Author Kathryn M. Kalinak
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 271
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, California
  • Date 2007-09-17
  • ISBN 9780520252349 / 0520252349
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.39 x 0.64 in (22.81 x 16.23 x 1.63 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture music - United States -, Ford, John - Criticism and interpretation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006037036
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.542

About the author

Kathryn Kalinak is Professor of English and Film Studies at Rhode Island College and author of Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film.
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