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on the screen, and from the depths of the immense number of musical pieces he has memorised, he is selecting various appropriate items, and jotting them down on a piece of paper. The stop-watch is to indicate exactly how long each item shall last. Owing to quick changes in the screen action, many of the pieces have to be cut short before they are half-way through. All the leading film companies issue
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lists of '"musical suggestions" to accompany each photoplay they issue, and the best kinemas do their best to follow these suggestions.
It all depends on the extent of the " library " of music held by the kinema concerned. The principal halls have stacks and stacks of music, each item having separate "parts" for the various instruments in the orchestra. Nevertheless, a competent musical director never imagines his stock is complete.
(Winthorp and Rogers). but adds to it weekly. The bigger the orchestra, the more money is required to keep the library going. A complete set of band parts for, say, a symphony, may run into a couple of guineas, while " popular stuff " may cost two shillings.
Where a melody is written specially for the film, band parts are sometimes provided free of charge by the film company.
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