Kathryn Kalinak

Craig-Lee Hall 363 (401) 456-8669 (401) 456-8027 kkalinak@ric.edu

Academic Background

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Background

Dr. Kathryn Kalinak teaches in the English Department and the Film Studies Program, where her teaching interests include silent film, film music, and Disney. Dr. Kalinak has published numerous articles on film music and is the author of the book Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film (Wisconsin University Press, 1992). She is currently at work on a book on music in the western entitled How the West Was Sung.

HOW THE WEST WAS SUNG: MUSIC IN THE WESTERNS OF JOHN FORD (University
of California Press, 2007)

James Stewart once said, "For John Ford, there was no need for dialogue. The music said it all." HOW THE WEST WAS SUNG is a comprehensive analysis of the music in Ford's iconic westerns. Employing a variety of critical approaches and incorporating original archival research, the book explores the director's oft-noted predilection for American folk song, hymnody, and period music.