Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal: The Journal of Film Music

Volume number: 7

Issue number: 2

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.30971

URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321835902

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Abstract: 

Whereas sounds in American early cinema have been examined by Rick
Altman for his groundbreaking book Silent Film Sounds, published in
2004, the musical components of German early cinema remain largely
unexamined. Previous research on silent film sound in Germany primarily
relied on the contemporary music press and neglected the film press,
even though the latter one offers a lot of evidence on the topic. Thus,
for the first author’s master thesis two of Germany’s most important
film trade presses were examined: Der Kinematograph and Die
LichtBildBühne with the supplement Das Kino-Orchester. As a result,
previously unknown facts about the use of music in German silent cinema
were discovered, which will be described in this article. The aim of
this article is to shed a light on German silent film sound practices
and to compare them to those that were prevailing in the USA.

Harvard Citation style: Beinroth, C. and Bullerjahn, C. (2018) Music in German Silent Cinema: Reception in the Film Trade Press 1907–1925, The Journal of Film Music, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.30971

APA Citation style: Beinroth, C., & Bullerjahn, C. (2018). Music in German Silent Cinema: Reception in the Film Trade Press 1907–1925. The Journal of Film Music. 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1558/jfm.30971