Archives and Sources for Television Music Studies: An Appraisal and Examination

Wissner, Reba A.

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“…As Scobie points out, their relegation to the secondary collection proceeded from a subjective rather than a rational or objective set of criteria 8 . In an article surveying archives and sources for television music studies in the USA, Reba A. Wissner (2019) has further emphasised the poor or lacunary preservation of television-related documents such as music cue sheets and correspondence with television composers 9 . Her survey highlights the in-built precariousness and perceived ‘illegitimacy’ of television archives, contrasting them with the long-established, culturally valued film archives which are ‘almost as old as the film industry itself’ (Slide 1992, p. 9).…”

Section: Shadow Archives and The Neglected Heritage Of Library Musicmentioning

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Under suspicion: library music and the Musicians’ Union in Britain, 1960–1978

Roy

2023

Pop. Mus.

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Drawing primarily from unpublished archival data, this article reconstructs the Musicians’ Union long embargo on library recording in Britain (1965–1978), retracing the immediate as well as long-lasting implications of the ban for the shaping of library music practices and discourses. The article demonstrates how crucial relations with the Union were in shaping the nascent library music industry as well as the working lives of the many individuals and groups involved in it, including London-based session musicians and music publishers. More theoretically, the article argues for a horizontal, ecological approach to library music culture, acknowledging its many intermediaries and prompting us to consider (musical) history in its unfinishedness, heterogeneity and ambiguity. The methodological challenges of researching ephemeral or ‘secondary’ music are also highlighted.

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Section: Shadow Archives and The Neglected Heritage Of Library Musicmentioning

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Under suspicion: library music and the Musicians’ Union in Britain, 1960–1978

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2023

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Musique parallèle. Structures anonymes et créativité distribuée de la library music dans les années 1960 et 1970

Roy

2023

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Cet article retrace l’histoire d’une industrie musicale prolifique, mais culturellement négligée et marginalisée – celle de la library music ou musique d’illustration – dans les années 1960 et 1970. Elle interroge ses modes de production, de médiation et de circulation, examinant différents aspects et moments de créativité partagée ou relayée. Il s’agit de mettre en évidence un réseau de médiateurs, de supports, d’infrastructures, de compositeurs et de musiciens restés anonymes et invisibles. La librairie musicale pourrait être considérée comme une incarnation spécifique, mais historiquement dévalorisée, de la musique populaire – une forme que l’on pourrait qualifier de musique parallèle ou « paramusique ». Cet article se propose non seulement d’en restituer le mode de fonctionnement méconnu, mais aussi de repenser les interrelations unissant créativité, expérimentation et standardisation, originalité et emprunt, art et commerce – plus largement, il s’agit aussi de reconsidérer l’influence de ces catégories sur la formation des objets d’étude et canons de la musique populaire.

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Archives and Sources for Television Music Studies: An Appraisal and Examination

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

Under suspicion: library music and the Musicians’ Union in Britain, 1960–1978

Under suspicion: library music and the Musicians’ Union in Britain, 1960–1978

Musique parallèle. Structures anonymes et créativité distribuée de la library music dans les années 1960 et 1970

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