Title: Unidentified Cue Sheet Pages Author: Unknown Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, n.d. Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Unknown OCLC Number: Contents: Various unmatched pages of cue sheets Source: Carl Braun Collection SFSMA ID: Pmjz5IkQmP … Continue reading →
We’ve just added 41 cue sheets from the collection of Adele V. Sullivan, a Colorado cinema accompanist whose papers are part of the Silent Film Music Collection at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Sullivan’s papers are unique in that her work … Continue reading →
SFSMA Executive Director Kendra Leonard on the uses and adaptations of cue sheets for NewMusicBox: “Taking a Cue: Accompanying Early Film.” See SFSMA’s collection of cue sheets at https://www.sfsma.org/ARK/22915/category/cue-sheets/! If you missed Leonard’s first article on music for silent film on … Continue reading →
Cinema Organist Hazel Burnett’s cue sheet for Humoresque (1920), transcribed from handwritten notes. Title: Humoresque Author: Hazel Burnett Publisher: handwritten, 1920 Series: Format: Cue sheet Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: Hazel Burnett OCLC Number: Contents: handwritten list, as follows: Humorsque-Overture 1. Kol … 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 →
The Pompier Rescue Reeves, David Wallis, 1838-1900 Notated music Cincinnati (Ohio) John Church Company 1897 45 unnumbered pages Markings in blue & gray pencil seen throughout. sheet music 3rd flute & piccolo (2 copies) ; 1st clarinet (2 copies) ; … Continue reading →
Recuerdos (Memories of Spain) Santos, Jos√© Joaquim dos, -1801 Notated music New York (N.Y.) Belwin, Inc. 1920 85 unnumbered pages Markings in blue & gray pencil seen throughout. sheet music 1st flute (3 copies) ; 1st clarinet (3 copies) ; … Continue reading →
Banquet-Fire-Rescue Stiller, Arthur Notated music Germany Heinrichshofen’s Verlag 1925 51 unnumbered pages Markings in blue and gray pencil seen throughout. sheet music 1st flute (2 copies) ; 1st clarinet (2 copies) ; 2nd clarinet (2 copies) ; 1st oboe (2 … Continue reading →
Floods of Spring – Recuerdo Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943|Soro, Enrique, 1884-1954 Schmid, Adolf, 1868-1958 Notated music New York (N.Y.) G. Schirmer, Inc. 1922 202 unnumbered pages Markings and notes in blue pencil seen throughout. sheet music Conductor-piano (4 copies) ; 1st … Continue reading →
Title: The Rescue Author: Ernst Luz Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1929 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “The Corsairs” by Riesenfeld Adventure and Romance: “Desolation” by Savino Oars, … Continue reading →
Title: Banquet-Fire-Rescue Author: Arthur Stiller Publisher: Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen’s Verlag, 1925 Series: Kino Classics Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Arthur Stiller OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: for piano, harmonium, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass, flute or piccolo, clarinet, … Continue reading →
Title: En cueillant des roses Author: Maurice Pesse Publisher: Paris: P. Naudin, nd Series: Format: Sheet music Document type: Musical score All authors/contributors: Maurice Pesse Contents: Notes: for piano with violin cues Source: Library of Birmingham (UK) SFSMA ID: B3lG4g1pyF Download: PDF
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: Tarzan and the Golden Lion Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Mintz, 1923 Series: Mintz Thematic Music Cue Sheet Format: Sheet Music Document type: Cue sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: Notes: Source: William Coale SFSMA ID: Oq0IFv3Kcp … Continue reading →
SFSMA board member Paul Allen Sommerfeld has been leading this project to digitize the Silent Film Scores and Arrangements Collection at the Library of Congress! It’s a great new resource for silent film music. Here’s what the library writes: About … Continue reading →
Theatre organ scholar and performer William L. Coale has generously made his numerous databases on theatre organists, sheet music written by theatre organists, information on celebrated film accompanist Gaylord Carter, and articles on film accompaniment from Motion Picture News and … Continue reading →
Title: Unmatched Suggestions Author: Unknown Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, n.d. Series: Greater Thematic Music Cue Sheet Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: OCLC Number: Contents: Various Suggestions Source: Carl Braun Collection SFSMA ID: b7QnqNvMQw Download: PDF
Title: Unknown Author: Unknown Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, n.d. Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Unknown OCLC Number: Contents: 28. Buddy Appears in Hallway: BUDDY “Rosette” by Claypoole (Irving Berlin) Young Lady: DARROW “Hustle Bustle” … Continue reading →
Title: Young Whirlwind Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Cameo Music Co., 1928 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: THEME “Calling” by Golden At Screening: “The Gawky Rube” by Lakay Plane … Continue reading →
Title: Young April Author: Rudolph Berliner Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1926 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Rudolph Berliner OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “Sourire d’Avil” by Depret Girls Playing Ball: “School Days” by Edwards … Continue reading →
Title: The Yellow-Back Author: James C. Bradford Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1926 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “Laurentian Echoes” by Laurendeau Elsie Enters Room; “Circassian Circle” … Continue reading →
Title: The Yellow Lily Author: Eugene Conte Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1928 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Eugene Conte OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “Hungarian Fantasia” by Tobani A Holiday In A: “Slavonic Dance … Continue reading →
Title: The Wright Idea 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: “Aurora” by Von Der Mehden Insert—“Wright’s Magic Ink”: … Continue reading →
Title: The Wreck of the Hesperus Author: Rudolph Berliner Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheet, 1927 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: Rudolph Berliner OCLC Number: Contents: At Screening: “Fourteen Fathoms Deep” by Lake Girl Seen On … Continue reading →
Title: Won In The Clouds Author: M. WInkler Publisher: Belwin Inc., 1928 Series: Format: Cue Sheet Document type: Cue Sheet All authors/contributors: M. WInkler OCLC Number: Contents: THEME “A Cannibal Carnival” by Levy (NOTE—Please Do Not Substitute) At Screening: THEME … Continue reading →