TY - CHAP

T1 - The Radiokapellmeister at Work in Danish National Radio:

T2 - Oscar Wilde's Salome as Radio Drama with Symphonic Orchestra (1930)

AU - Fjeldsøe, Michael

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - In 1930, Danish National Radio presented a live broadcast of Oscar Wilde’s play Salome as radio play with symphonic music by Emil Reesen (1887–1964). The score and the parts makes it possible to look into those specific procedures that were used in order to adapt to radio and to the requirements of radio drama. I will argue that Reesen as a Radiokapellmeister, i.e. conductor of a radio orchestra and intimately familiar with the technique and the limitations of radio broadcasting, was a key to the successful broadcast. Furthermore, I will show what the music adds to the radio play.

AB - In 1930, Danish National Radio presented a live broadcast of Oscar Wilde’s play Salome as radio play with symphonic music by Emil Reesen (1887–1964). The score and the parts makes it possible to look into those specific procedures that were used in order to adapt to radio and to the requirements of radio drama. I will argue that Reesen as a Radiokapellmeister, i.e. conductor of a radio orchestra and intimately familiar with the technique and the limitations of radio broadcasting, was a key to the successful broadcast. Furthermore, I will show what the music adds to the radio play.

UR - https://brill.com/display/title/65084

U2 - 10.1163/9789004549609_009

DO - 10.1163/9789004549609_009

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9789004549593

T3 - Word and Music Studies

SP - 191

EP - 211

BT - Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama

A2 - Verhulst, Pim

A2 - Mildorf, Jarmila

PB - Brill

ER -