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Mollykgkg

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Compare and contrast the musical style in the film music of Max Steiner, Bernard Hermann, and John Williams.
 
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Why might Freddie Keppard, Sidney Bechet, and Jelly Roll Morton have left New Orleans before 1915?
 
  a. the allure of the road and job opportunities in bigger cities
 b. the closing of Storyville
 c. discriminatory laws in the South
 d. dissatisfaction with the way jazz styles were developing


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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Max Steiner (1888-1971)
Steiner's musical style:
- romantic, broad, sweeping melodies
- rooted firmly in classical principles
- largely derived from nineteenth-century, central European models
- Richard Wagner-influenced style of music's dramatic functions
- use of melodies that are tied to specific characters and themes

Bernard Hermann (1911-1975)
Hermann's musical style:
- modernist
- frequent use of short melodic fragments

John Williams (b. 1932)
Williams' musical style:
- more in the style of Steiner than Hermann
- broad, lush, nineteenth-century approach
- Wagner-like musical motives
- melodies reflect characters
- melodies can also change in order to reflect character development

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