SFSMA’s gotten a great review by Erin M. Brooks in The Journal of the Society for American Music! Download it as a PDF here, or read the full text below. Journal of the Society for American Music (2020), Volume 14, Number … Continue reading →
SFSMA has digitized a number of private and publicly available collections of cue sheets and sheet music, and has also created collections of related materials. Chuck Berg Silent Film Music Collection Charles “Chuck” Berg (1941–2016), who taught film and media … Continue reading →
Title: Shapiro-Bernstein’s DeLuxe Organ Folio of Musical Comedy Hits and Popular Songs, No. 1 Author: Eddie Dowling; James F. Hanley; Herbert Reynolds; Martin Broones; Harry Ruskin; Maurice Abrahams; Sam Lewis; Joe Young; Mortimer Weinberg; Charley Marks; Benny Davis; Harry Warren; Harry Akst; Harry Woods; Sidney Clare; Howard Johnson; Charles Tobias; Al Sherman; James Thornton; Eugene Platzman … Continue reading →
Title: Sam Fox Library Orchestra Folio No. 5 Author: J. S. Zamecnik; Jessie L. Deppen; Louis Maurice; Walter E. Miles; G. Vargas; Herman Heller; Arthur Traves Granfield; Ralph C. Jackson; Philip Spitalny; Ioane Kawelo; Gatty Sellars Publisher: Cleveland: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1921 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score … Continue reading →
Title: Sam Fox Library Orchestra Folio No. 2 Author: Jules Reynard; Walter E. Miles; Ralph C. Jackson; Jessie L. Deppen; J. Dellinger Wood; W. T. Pearson; Lee S. Roberts Publisher: Cleveland: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1915 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: … Continue reading →
Title: The Photoplay Organist Vol. 1 Author: Casare Sodero; Edward Kilyeni; Mayhew L. Lake; Henry Horlick; A. Bortnowski; Manuel A. Ponce; Harold Sanford Publisher: New York: Carl Fischer, 1926 Series: Photoplay Organist Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Casare Sodero; Edward Kilyeni; Mayhew L. Lake; Henry Horlick; … Continue reading →
Title: Film Folio No 1.: Moods and Motives for the Movies Author: George West Publisher: Boston: Boston Music Company, 1920 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: George West; F. B; W. C. E. Seeboeck; Ch. Huerter; E. Chvala; W. Berger; J. Martel; R. … Continue reading →
Title: Komedy Kartoons Author: Emil Velazco Publisher: New York: Irving Berlin Standard Music Corp., 1926 Series: Theatre Organ Series Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Emil Velazco OCLC Number: Contents: 1. Aesop’s Fables 2. Noah’s Ark 3. … Continue reading →
Title: Chas. L. Johnson’s Picture Show Music No. 2 Author: Chas. L. Johnson Publisher: Chicago: Forster Music., 1914 Series:Picture Show Music Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Chas. L. Johnson OCLC Number: Contents: 1. Opening March 2. … Continue reading →
Title: Monsieur Beaucaire Author: Hugo Riesenfeld Publisher: Robbins-Engel, 1924 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Hugo Riesenfeld OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: for piano. Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder SFSMA … Continue reading →
Title: Cross Roads of New York Author: S. L. Rothafel Publisher: 1922 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: S. L. Rothafel OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: for piano. Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of … Continue reading →
Title: White Sister Author: J. Carl Breil Publisher: Belwin, 1923 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: J. Carl Breil OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: for piano. Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado … Continue reading →
Title: Don Juan Author: Edward Bowes, William Axt, and David Mendoza Publisher: Robbins-Engel, 1926 Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Edward Bowes, William Axt, and David Mendoza OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: for piano. The first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound … Continue reading →
We’ve just digitized and uploaded almost 60 cue sheets from the Silent Film Collection at the American Music Research Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. These cue sheets were used by Claire Hamack, an accompanist, and include her notes and, … Continue reading →
Title: Zander the Great Author: Ernst Luz Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1925 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at … Continue reading →
Title: You’d Be Surprised Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1926 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of … Continue reading →
Title: The World’s Applause Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Cameo Music Co., 1923 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado … Continue reading →
Title: Wild Oranges Author: David Mendoza and William Axt Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1924 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: David Mendoza and William Axt OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Cover is blurry Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, … Continue reading →
Title: When Knighthood Was in Flower Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Famous Players-Lansky Corp., 1922 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of … Continue reading →
Title: The Wheel Author: Erno Rapee Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1923 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: Erno Rapee OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder … Continue reading →
Title: The Waltz Dream Author: Ernst Luz Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1925 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Incomplete Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado … Continue reading →
Title: Underworld Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1927 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at … Continue reading →
Title: The Dawn of Tomorrow Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1924 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University … Continue reading →
Title: Thundergate Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1923 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Silent Film Collection, Claire Hamack materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at … Continue reading →