Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Silent Film Music Collection
General material designation
- Textual records
Level of description
Collection
Reference code
CA ON0034 30-012
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
[c.1893-1946] ; 2014 (Publication)
Physical description area
Physical description
2.734 m of textual records
Archival description area
Custodial history
Little is known about the original compilation of this collection. Originally held at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), professor and musicologist Paul Merkley consulted, in 2012, several boxes of uncatalogued, un-inventoried music of unknown provenance ... »
Scope and content
The bulk of the collection is comprised of sheet music for mostly piano or orchestra, published between 1883 and 1946 (approximately a third of which was published in the 1920s) for the purposes of performance during the screening of silent films. ... »
Notes area
Arrangement
This collection used original number which now corresponds to reference codes, e.g., UO-SFM-0005 = 30-012-F5; UO-SFM-0100 = 30-012-F100. Except for bound collections of music written for motion pictures, identifiers are added for each title; for example, ... »
Language of material
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
Availability of other formats
This collection has been partially digitized for access [from UO-SFM-0001 to UO-SFM-0523]. Digital copies of PDFs are available by request; please contact arcs@uottawa.ca
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Some of the collection exists in the public domain, but copyright may apply. See the individual item level for creators to determine potential copyright restrictions.
Associated materials
Anderson, Shana. "Ideal Performance Practice for Silent Film: An Overview of How-to Manuals and Cue Sheet Music Accompaniment from the 1910s – 1920s." Master's thesis - Masters of Arts music, University of Ottawa, 2013. [Note: the identifiers provided in ... »
Control area
Description record identifier
CA
Institution identifier
ON0034
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Collection described by Roxanne Lafleur, 2024-2025.
Language of description
- English