Call for papers
8-10 March 2018
University of Salzburg, Austria
Proposal Deadline: 30 April 2017
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Keynote Speakers:
Amy Herzog (Queens College, New York)
Richard Dyer (King’s College, London)
Musical numbers have served as constitutive elements of cinema since its early days in the so-called silent period. From the musical moments in silent films emerged the film musical as a specific genre. Musical numbers remain central components beyond generic categories and have succeeded from early sound film musicals to recent TV shows. Continue reading