Since the invention of the cinema in the 1890s, film entertained a complex relationship with songs in its various forms (aria, Lied, pop song, etc.). The liaison of song and film assumed many different shapes throughout the past century. From the illustrated song to early attempts of synchronizing...

The conference will gather academic scholars and others with an interest in the relationship between jazz and cinema from across a range of disciplines. We are looking for papers from a dynamic range of approaches: theoretical, historical, industrial, music aesthetic or technological analysis that...