Like opera pieces, popular classics were arranged in segments each segment marked by a double bar. The orchestra was told to repeat until title appears then segue. One notable reduction instead of just having the title of the work, labelled itself as pot pourri. Appropriate. Once a famous NY theatre was accused of repeating one […]
Around the era of WW1,the silent films were becoming very popular. Longer more serious films were produced and to match this more prestigious profile, it was necessary to get music to match. I imagine this was when The State Theatre people began to be serious about their library. The State Theatre Orchestra had an orchestra […]
Cosens Spencer and T.J. West. Spencer opened the Great American Theatrescope in Sydney in 1905 and started gathering music at that time. If the collection is complete, I would expect some music of that age, the difficulty is that it tends to disintegrate if it has been heavily used and is very old. The Gilbert […]
The Covid lockdown has provided me with the opportunity to explore the State Theatre Collection of Scores and Parts for Cinema Use, which contains a staggering 13,548 charts, all of which are available online. This has allowed me to delve into the details of the music and search for PDF copies worldwide. Additionally, I’ve been […]
State Theatre Collection of Scores and Parts for Cinema Use Two of the earliest film exhibitors in Australia were Cosens Spencer and T.J. West. Spencer opened the Great American Theatrescope in Sydney in 1905 and soon after acquired a chain of cinemas across Australia. By 1912 he was the largest importer of films in the […]
