The book presents a series of case studies that address key moments and concerns in music broadcasting, past and present, written by leading scholars in the field, who hail from both media and music studies. It brings into dialogue researchers working in media and music studies explores and develops crucial points of contact between studies of music in radio and music in television and investigates the limits, persistence, and extensions of music broadcasting in the Internet era.

This text explores the complex ways in which music and broadcasting have developed together throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. The material is organized in 11 sections: books on film and television music academic dissertations and theses composer, songwriter, and lyricist biographies books with material on film and television music music for the accompaniment of silent films film music periodicals composer society journals and newsletters film and media periodicals music periodicals and general interest and other periodicals.

Providing context, background, accuracy, and breadth of coverage, the entries in this book assist researchers with thoughtful and succinct synopses of the contents of books and articles from the silent era to the digital age. This indispensable resource tool includes bibliographic citations and supplementary information on books, academic dissertations, composer and songwriter biographies, music for the accompaniment of silent films, and a wide range of film, music, and general interest periodicals. This resource compiles over 100 years of writings devoted to the subject of film and television music and its practitioners, offering an awareness of the vast literature on film and television music to a larger audience.

The Music of Animaniacs by Lisa Scoggin