Sounds for the Silents - Photoplay Music from the Days of Early Cinema

This unique collection features piano sheet music that accompanied silent movies. Derived from eight rare sources, the music includes compositions by J. S. Zamecnik, M. L. Lake, Joseph Carl Breil, and others.

About the author

Daniel Goldmark is an Associate Professor of Musicology at Case Western University. A specialist in the field of American popular music, film and cartoon music, and the history of the music industry, he is the series editor of the Oxford Music/Media Series of Oxford Univeristy Press and a senior editor of The Grove Dictionary of American Music.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel (EDT) Goldmark
• Assisted by: Daniel Goldmark (Editor)
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2013
• EAN: 9780486492865
• ISBN: 978-0-486-49286-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: PIANO; Dover Classical Music for Keyb; Dover Classical Music for Keyb; Dover Classical Piano Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music