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 primary source materials including full and compiled scores, sheet music, published anthologies of music, interviews with cinema musicians, periodicals, and instruction books. Part II surveys the English-language scholarship on silent film music in articles, book chapters, essay collections, and monographs through 2015. The book is fully indexed for ease of access to these important sources on film music.
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Primary Sources
1. Archival Collections
2. Rental and Lending Libraries
3. Instruction Books
4. Photoplay Albums
5. Interviews
6. Books
7. Articles
Part 2: Secondary Sources
8. Scholarly Books
9. Scholarly Articles
Name Index
Title Index
Film Title Index
Subject Index