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 Conscription Class: Continue No.1 Faster To Running on Screen Soldier Stops In Front of Dummy: […]
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” by Arndt Kitty’s Chum: “Baker Boy & Chimney Sweep” by Herbert The Weaver Flat Was […]
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” by Alter Exterior of Barber Shop: THEME “Rustic Caprice” by St. Clair I Thought We […]
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 100% Boy Scout Band.” Aug29: 11. “About Vaudeville Salaries.” Apr19: 3. “About Band and Orchestra […]
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. Rosenfeld, Monroe H. “‘Ragtime’—A Musical Mystery: What It Is and Its Origin.” Jan17: 9. “Al […]
Since 2014, the Silent Film Sound & Music Archive has been digitizing and sharing printed music for the silent cinema. Today the Archive contains nearly 1,000 individual pieces of sheet music; scores; collections of short pieces (also called photoplay albums); cue sheets; instruction manuals; and much more. Learn more about the music for early film. Find […]
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 available in for those interested in this repertoire. Part I contains information about archives of […]
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 Music’s 2016 Sight and Sound Award, SFSMA was able to commission silent film pianist Ethan […]
Searching the Archive Users can search for items by creator (composer, arranger, or editor), title, mood (“Hurry,” “Mysterioso,” “National”), instrumentation, publisher (including place and date, when known), contributor, and format (book, sheet music, cue sheet). New materials are posted regularly. In some cases, you will find multiple copies of a single work; these are usually […]