Romanticism and Film: Franz Liszt and Audio-Visual Explanation (Hardcover)

Introduction 1.Culture and Transcendence: Three Explanations of Romanticism 2.The Archaeology of Film Music: Wagner, Liszt and the Symphonic Poem 3.Audio-Visual Explanations of Franz Liszt and His Music: Cultural Image and Schematic Types 4.'Nothing untrue, simply convenient': Song Without End (1960) and the Hollywood Composer Biopic 5.'Piss off, Brahms!': Lisztomania (1975) and Ken Russell in 1975 Conclusion Appendix A. Music and Language Appendix B. Wagnerian Terminology and Film Bibliography Index