Abstract

AMOROS-PONS, Anna  and  GOMEZ-OTERO, Nuria. Hans Erdmann’s Music in the Film Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (). Vista [online]. 2021, n.8, e021013.  Epub May 01, 2023. ISSN 2184-1284.  https://doi.org/10.21814/vista.3621.

The text focuses on the study of the musical soundtrack by the composer Hans Erdmann, made for the German film Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, the Vampyre; 1922) by the director Friedrich Murnau. Its methodology combines the qualitative technique of case studies with the latest trends in the musicological analysis of film soundtracks. Research shows the stylistic elements, structural resources, musical influences, references to composers and the instruments used in this musical composition. The romantic creation by Erdmann also has influences of baroque style, classicism, and impressionism. It constitutes an innovative contribution in the area as musical and film studies of the nature that is presented in this contribution cannot be easily found.

Keywords : cinema; music; German expressionism; Nosferatu, the Vampyre; Hans Erdmann.

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