... that, in sound film, music's “autonomy” would free it from the burden of mimesis. Instead, the images on screen would teach listeners about music's abstract “reality.” In practice, however, in Rapt , mimetic music and musicalized sound effects bridge the gap between aesthetic goals of hybridity and practical...

...://www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2017 Al Jolson film musical The Jazz Singer cue sheet Vitaphone film music The most famous musical moments in The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, 1927) center on Al Jolson's performances, as Jack Robin, of a half dozen songs, all of which were recorded...

... with mediated music and its ability to create a magical cinematic world, and the distributors' attempt to fit the film's music into a commercially successful paradigm, reflect contemporary concerns about the potential impact of mediated sound on French cinema. Through my analysis, I demonstrate how film...