[Dixielandjazz] Film Music from the 20's

[Bert Brandsma]

Hello Randy,
There used to be an orchestra in the Netherlands that did exactly that, until 2008. They got financial support by our government, but that was discontinued in 2008. The name is Max Tak Filmorkest.However they remained active organising theater shows.
You can find their site here http://www.maxtak.nl/cmsmaxtak/index.php?page=info
I am pretty sure they still will have some precious material in their library.
Kind regards,
Bert Brandsma


> From: jfendrick at bak.rr.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:10:11 -0700
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Film Music from the 20's
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> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
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> I am working on a book and lecture on music in the town that I live in regarding the evolution of music here.  I know that during early part of the 20th century in the silent film era,  that musicians accompanied films to give the film meaning etc.  In the early days a pianist or an organ player would improvise to give the film meaning, but after Birth of A Nation, film companies prepared scores for local musicians to play and these scores were sent with the film to the local theater.  I am wondering does anyone know of a source where one can see these scores?  Or any source that one might read about these pieces of music and how musicians cooped with those demands?  Many of the bands were only 4 to 5 pieces so it would be real interesting to see and hear what they really sounded like and how closely they accompanied the flickering action. 
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