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Since 2014, the Silent Film Sound & Music Archive has been digitizing and sharing printed music for the silent cinema. Today the Archive contains nearly 2,000 individual pieces of sheet music and more than 3,000 links to music held by our partners; scores; collections of short pieces (also called photoplay albums); cue sheets; instruction manuals;
- Music for Early Film
During the silent era, songs associated with individual...
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The archive includes sheet music for film, cue sheets,...
- Music for Early Film
During the silent era, songs associated with individual movies were often sold as sheet music, on rolls for player pianos, or on records as a means of promoting the film and capitalizing on it beyond cinema ticket sales.
The archive includes sheet music for film, cue sheets, instruction manuals for film accompanists, and a bibliography of resources on silent film sound and music. All of the silent film music archived here is available to download for free.
6 août 2024 · The Music Division holds one of the largest collections of music for silent film in the world. This guide provides an overview of those materials and outlines the print and digital resources available to researchers throughout the Library.
6 août 2024 · The Music Division holds one of the largest collections of music for silent film in the world. This guide provides an overview of those materials and outlines the print and digital resources available to researchers throughout the Library.
These include ten cue sheets and sheet music from the late 1800s and early 1900s including photoplay music and popular songs. Many of these have pencilled notes indicating use and hinting at musical practice.
History of the Project. In 2012, Shana Anderson and Paul Merkley, retrieved the items that now make up the University of Ottawa Silent Film Music Collection from Library and Archives Canada. Anderson conducted preliminary cataloguing tasks and wrote on the collection for her 2013 MA thesis.
