Musical Accompaniment Of Moving Pictures

Author : Edith Lang
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330302897
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Musical Accompaniment of Moving Pictures written by Edith Lang and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from 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 That music is an invaluable and necessary aid to the success and enjoyment of moving pictures, is a fact which no one will deny. But the accompanying, or illustrating, music must be of the right kind, or else its very aim will be defeated. Unfortunately, the right kind of "picture music" is something that is not universally understood, and the musician, no matter how learned he may be in his trade, is beset by a great many problems, when he attempts to follow and illustrate in music the fast-moving film. This book is not intended to exhaust a subject which is almost unlimited in its aspects, but it rather endeavors to lay down a few safe and dependable rules and courses of action from which any student of these problems may make his own deductions and develop his own personal style. For nothing would be more tedious or impracticable than to attempt uniformity where variety and individuality are the essentials. The most successful and highest-paid player is the one whose style is the most distinctive. When you analyze this distinction, you will find that it is mainly based on certain characteristics of his personality, such as intelligence, quick perception, realization of dramatic values, insight in human psychology, and well-grounded musical technique. But aside from these factors, there is one quality which the player requires above all, and which this book primarily intends to awaken and develop. That quality is resourcefulness. With resourcefulness the average player of even mean endowments may fit himself to follow any kind of picture that may be thrown on the screen. This resourcefulness extends in two different directions: one of them is the musical training which must aim to perfect facility in improvisation; the other is a cultivation of taste and a sense of fitness in adapting musical material to the pictured scene. We shall try, in the following paragraphs, to give practical hints in both of these directions. Therefore this book may be considered as a "first-aid" manual for the beginner in the field of moving picture music. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.