{"product_id":"city-symphonies","title":"City Symphonies","description":"\u003cp\u003eCinema scholars categorize city symphony films of the 1920s and early 1930s as a subgenre of the silent film. Defined in visual terms, the city symphony organizes the visible elements of urban experience according to musical principles such as rhythm and counterpoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCity Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e Daniel Schwartz explores the unheard sonic dimensions of these ostensibly silent films. The book turns its ear to the city symphony as an audible phenomenon, one that encompasses a multitude of works beyond the cinema, such as musical compositions, mass spectacles, radio experiments, and even paintings. What these works have in common is their treatment of the city as a medium for sound. The city is neither background nor content; rather, it is the material through which avant-garde works express themselves. In resonating through the city, these multimedia pieces perform experiments that undermine the borders between sight and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApplying an interdisciplinary approach, \u003cem\u003eCity Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e expands our understanding of the genre, breaking out of the confines of the cinema and onto the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Daniel P. Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576086790326,"sku":"9780228021407","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780228021407_59dfd6ac-990f-4c17-a435-d0d59d379ff8.jpg?v=1726253435","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/city-symphonies","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}