MUS 302 Silent Film Music
The emergence of synchronized film sound in the late 1920's, and the many attempts to synchronize sound with image prior to that time, will also be studied, although the primary focus of the course will be live accompaniment to silent film. The course will examine silent film performance practice from the silent era to the present, and observe how improvisation influences film score composition. Music reading ability is not required; open to all undergraduate students except music majors: does not fulfill any MUS degree requirement for music majors.