For over a year film historian Richard Bossons has been collaborating with the composer Leo Geyer on a project to recreate the only known score for Dziga Vertov’s film Man with a Movie Camera. In 1995, film scholar Yuri Tsivian … Continue reading →
Title: Borodkin’s Guide to Motion Picture Music Author: Maurice M. Borodkin Publisher: Borodkin, 1928 Series: Format: Index Document type: Instruction book All authors/contributors: OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: Greg Breed SFSMA ID: IUgTArrEfp Download: PDF
Title: Under The Black Eagle Author: Ernst Luz Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1928 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “Under the Double Eagle” by Wagner (PURPLE) A Military … Continue reading →
Title: Two Weeks Off Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Cameo Music Co., 1929 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: THEME “Love Thrills” by Meyer At Screening: THEME Vacation Time: “Marionettes” … Continue reading →
Title: Flying Romeos Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1928 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “Over the Waves” by Rosas Minnie Ashton: “Dolly Dimples” … Continue reading →
Authors Alford, Harry “Naturally and Accidentally Noticed.” MA17: 14. Allen, J. Worth “The Principle of Contrast in Musical Education.” Jun28: 2. Allen, Ward “In Minneapolis.” Jan 27: 57; Feb27: 23; Jul27: 57. Anon. “26th Annual Guild Convention.” Jul27: 53. “A … Continue reading →
Contents 1917 The Tuneful Yankee 1, no. 1, January 1917 “Here We Are.” Jan17: 3. “Publishers Win on Public Performance.” Jan17: 4. “The Tuneful Yankee Puckerings.” Jan17: 5. “Right to the Point.” Jan17: 6. “The Tuneful Yankee Whisperings.” Jan17: 7. … Continue reading →
Since 2014, the Silent Film Sound & Music Archive has been digitizing and sharing printed music for the silent cinema. Today the Archive contains nearly 1,200 individual pieces of sheet music and more than 3,000 links to music held by … Continue reading →
Music for Silent Film: A Guide to North American Resources by SFSMA director Kendra Leonard is now in print! Music for Silent Film: A Guide to North American Resources is a unique resource on North American archives and English-language materials … Continue reading →
I’m delighted to announce that SFSMA now has recordings of more than twenty individual pieces as well as multiple cues from three film scores available in addition to sheet music, instruction books, and other materials. Thanks to the Society for American … Continue reading →
SFSMA was established in 2014 with the goal of digitizing and sharing music for the silent cinema (c.1895-1930) for research and performance use. The archive includes sheet music for film, cue sheets, instruction manuals for film accompanists, and a bibliography … Continue reading →