Book/Printed Material Musical accompaniment of moving pictures : a practical manual for pianists and organists and an exposition of the principles underlying the musical interpretation of moving pictures

Title

• Musical accompaniment of moving pictures : a practical manual for pianists and organists and an exposition of the principles underlying the musical interpretation of moving pictures

Names

• Lang, Edith, author
• West, George (Composer), author

Created / Published

• Boston, Masstts : The Boston Music Company ; New York : G. Schirmer, [1920]

Contents

• Part I: Equipment. Mental alertness ; Musical resourcefulness ; Repertoire -- Part II: Musical interpretation. The feature film ; "Flash-backs" ; Animated cartoons and slap-stick comedy ; The comedy drama ; Weekly news pictures ; Educational films ; Travel views -- Part III: The theatrical organ. Peculiarities of organ technique ; Orchestration by means of organ stops ; Swell-pedals and crescendo-pedal ; The identification of tone-colors ; Special effects, and how to produce them.

Headings

• -  Organ (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study
• -  Silent films--Musical accompaniment

Notes

• -  Includes index.

Medium

• iii, 64 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• MT737 .L15

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/mussilentfilms.20004471

Library of Congress Control Number

• 20004471

OCLC Number

• 2409120

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/20004471

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