Browsing by author "Wierzbicki, James"
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Dethroning the Divas: Satire Directed at Cuzzoni and Faustina
Wierzbicki, JamesPublished 2001-04-01Open AccessArticle -
Grand Illusion: ‘Storm Cloud’ Music and The Man Who Knew Too Much
Wierzbicki, JamesPublished 2003-01-01Open AccessArticle -
The Hollywood Career of Gershwin's "Second Rhapsody"
Wierzbicki, JamesPublished 2007-01-01George Gershwin's "Second Rhapsody" for Piano and Orchestra, which premiered in January 1932, was initially described as an "expanded" version of music that had been written for a 1931 Fox film titled "Delicious." In truth, ...Open AccessArticle -
The Imagined Sounds of Outer Space
Wierzbicki, JamesPublished 2014-01-01This essay explores how the idea of the ‘sounds of space’ has been articulated in popular culture since the late nineteenth century through the early years of the Space Age. The primary focus is ...Open AccessArticle -
Shrieks, Flutters, and Vocal Curtains: Electronic Sound/Electronic Music in Hitchcock’s The Birds
Wierzbicki, JamesPublished 2008-01-01Open AccessArticle -
Weird Vibrations: How the Theremin Gave Musical Voice to Hollywood’s Extraterrestrial "Others"
Wierzbicki, JamesPublished 2002-01-01The theremin played a unique role in 1950s science fiction films. In Rocketship X-M, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Thing from Another Planet, and It Came from Outer Space, the instrument was not just a component of ...Open AccessArticle
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