Lloyd Whitesell teaches music history in the Schulich School of Music, McGill University. He is the author of The Music of Joni Mitchell, and co-editor of Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity. His published research explores film music, queer biography and aesthetics, whiteness, and modernist culture.

Considering nearly 100 films across time periods, the author analyzes musical numbers in such works as Love Me Tonight (1932), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), The Band Wagon (1953), and Dreamgirls (2006). The inclusion of music examples is a plus. That said, watching the film clip or listening to the song while reading will make the experience even richer. Appropriate for those interested in cinema, music, or their intersection, this book engages a broad range of scholarship and adds valuable insight to the conversation. Summing up: Highly recommended

• Acknowledgments A Note on the Repertoire I . DISCERNING GLAMOUR 1. Style Modes 2. Concepts and Parameters II. ARTIFICE3. A Sonic Lexicon 4. Viewing Patterns III. ALLURE5. Tropes of Desire 6. Beautiful Uselessness IV. ENCHANTMENT 7. Stardust 8. Tricks of the Light Filmography Bibliography Permissions

Lloyd Whitesell teaches music history in the Schulich School of Music, McGill University. He is the author of The Music of Joni Mitchell, and co-editor of Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity. His published research explores film music, queer biography and aesthetics, whiteness, and modernist culture.

Considering nearly 100 films across time periods, the author analyzes musical numbers in such works as Love Me Tonight (1932), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), The Band Wagon (1953), and Dreamgirls (2006). The inclusion of music examples is a plus. That said, watching the film clip or listening to the song while reading will make the experience even richer. Appropriate for those interested in cinema, music, or their intersection, this book engages a broad range of scholarship and adds valuable insight to the conversation. Summing up: Highly recommended

• Acknowledgments A Note on the Repertoire I . DISCERNING GLAMOUR 1. Style Modes 2. Concepts and Parameters II. ARTIFICE3. A Sonic Lexicon 4. Viewing Patterns III. ALLURE5. Tropes of Desire 6. Beautiful Uselessness IV. ENCHANTMENT 7. Stardust 8. Tricks of the Light Filmography Bibliography Permissions

Lloyd Whitesell teaches music history in the Schulich School of Music, McGill University. He is the author of The Music of Joni Mitchell, and co-editor of Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity. His published research explores film music, queer biography and aesthetics, whiteness, and modernist culture.

Considering nearly 100 films across time periods, the author analyzes musical numbers in such works as Love Me Tonight (1932), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), The Band Wagon (1953), and Dreamgirls (2006). The inclusion of music examples is a plus. That said, watching the film clip or listening to the song while reading will make the experience even richer. Appropriate for those interested in cinema, music, or their intersection, this book engages a broad range of scholarship and adds valuable insight to the conversation. Summing up: Highly recommended

• Acknowledgments A Note on the Repertoire I . DISCERNING GLAMOUR 1. Style Modes 2. Concepts and Parameters II. ARTIFICE3. A Sonic Lexicon 4. Viewing Patterns III. ALLURE5. Tropes of Desire 6. Beautiful Uselessness IV. ENCHANTMENT 7. Stardust 8. Tricks of the Light Filmography Bibliography Permissions