Format : Sheet music
The silent films were not silent for long. The live music that accompanied early cinema was as much a part of the experience as the film itself. The Music Of The Silent Films features 50 original pieces andarrangements for Solo Piano divided into specific moods in the same way that the live music accompanists of the silent era would have used. This book tells the extraordinary story of the rise and abrupt fall ofsilent movie music and includes 50 original pieces and arrangements for Solo Piano allowing you to play scores inspired by what is arguably the golden era of film music. era The Music Of The SilentFilms boasts specially selected pieces that evoke a range of mood music genres representing a number of composers. Not only does this book comprise an eclectic collection of Piano scores italso features film stills and stunning photography to accompany a fascinating introduction to this precedential era of 'sight and sound'. Further to this a short guide to how to use the music to create your own silent film scoresis sure to help you bring a new dimension to your playing and might even help to revive a lost art! During the pre-talkie period of 1915 1927 live musical 'photoplay' accompaniment was required inmovie theatres great and small giving work to an army of musicians. To help the solitary pianists run the gamut of musical emotions night after night music publishers produced a wealth of scores with selections of printed musicchosen to match a range of on-screen moods and activities. The Music Of The Silent Films includes short biographies of some of the leading composers of the genre as well as detailed descriptions of the mostpopular ‘moods’ used helping you not only to play the pieces but learn more about sound and cinema at the same time. Perfect for any pianist interested in silent films film composition or just wanting a
SKU: HL.14081081
SKU: FG.55011-514-9
ISBN 9790550115149.
Instrumentally acrobatic Buster! Caprice for clarinet and piano (2002-2003, rev. 2007) by Kirmo Lintinen gives a hint of ragtime, sings romantically and makes the fast changes of articulations, dynamics, registers, and timbres musical counterparts of the pantomime of virtuoso actors in silent films. Kirmo Lintinen (b. 1967) is a man of many musical talents: composer, pianist and conductor. His catalogue encompasses almost all genres and categories of composition, from solo work to opera, and he operates with ease from one to another without being a crossover artist; in his case, the versatility is both internalised and innate. He often finds inspiration in French music of the 1920s and its intrinsic musicality. Humour and playfulness are characteristic elements of his music, as are a natural, musicianly approach and an enchantingly effervescent, even tongue-in-cheek texture.
