[78-L] OT Musical genres^

[Taylor Bowie]

Even here in little old Seattle we had several theaters with full orchs 
which played for the movies shown as well as the stage presentations.   The 
Fifth Avenue (still going strong at age 83) had a full orchestra for movies 
in 1927-28 and until talkies took over.

Taylor


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From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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> The biggest theatres most definitely had staff orchestras that played for
> prologues and the movie itself. Most movies had cue sheets that specified
> the music that was recommended to be played. The musical director of the
> theatre (Hugo Reisenfeld was one) would compile the score from hundreds of
> orchestrations that were in the theatre's library, and it would be 
> rehearsed
> and played. If the movie was big enough, the score would be newly 
> composed.
> At least one orchestra on staff at a movie theatre made a short - the
> ensemble for the Capitol Theatre in NYC, one of whose members was Jimmy
> Dorsey; this was once on laserdisc. It could play absolutely any kind of
> music from classical to the pop music (jazz) of its time.
>
> In fact, when sound came in, musicians for these orchestras realized that
> their jobs would end. Many of these musicians had been brought in from
> Europe, and some committed suicide. An adventurous group traveled out to
> Hollywood to join studio staff orchestras there.
>
>
> AFAIK, NO theatres
>> had "house bands" to provide the musical accompaniment to their film
>> offerings...?!
>>
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