FILM MUSIC NOTES: Volume 6
(September-October 1946 to April-May 1947)
LEGEND: Asterisk (*) means article includes musical examples. Info in (parentheses) is the author of the article. Info in {curly brackets} is the composer connected with that article. If the composer and author are the same, there is a double bracket ({like this}). Info in [square brackets] is additional information about the article. Comments? Corrections? Questions? E-mail me via this link – Mike Quigley
Issues in this section have been obtained with the kind help of The Film Music Society and a person who wishes to remain anonymous.(§).
FILM MUSIC NOTES – SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1946 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 1§
Cover: Picture of George Antheil; Contents
- Announcements from the National Film Music Council
- Hollywood Academy Concert
- Items and Comments (Stanlie McConnell)
- News from England (John Huntley)
- {George Antheil}'s Music for Specter of the Rose* (F.W. Sternfeld)
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- The Magic Bow {Paganini, Brazzini, Beethoven and Phil Green} (John Huntley)
- Of Human Bondage {Erich Wolfgang Korngold} (John B. Currie)
- The Killers {Miklós Rózsa} (John B. Currie)
- Notorious {Roy Webb} (John B. Currie)
- Films Released During the Summer and Early Fall: Smoky (David Raksin); Canyon Passage (Frank Skinner, mus. dir.); Night and Day (Cole Porter, adapted by Max Steiner); Holiday in Mexico (Georgie Stoll, mus. dir.); Centennial Summer (Jerome Kern; Alfred Newman, mus. dir.); Dead of Night (Georges Auric); Sister Kenny (Alexander Tansman); Home Sweet Homicide (David Buttolph); Black Beauty (Dimitri Tiomkin); The Black Angel (Frank Skinner); The Searching Wind (Victor Young); Nobody Lives Forever (Adolph Deutsch); Blue Skies (Robert Emmett Dolan); Courage of Lassie (Scott Bradley & Bronislau Kaper); Anna and the King of Siam (Bernard Herrmann); Brief Encounter (Rachmaninoff); I've Always Loved You (Walter Scharf, mus. dir.); Make Mine Music (Charles Wolcott, mus. dir.); Strange Case of Martha Ivers (Miklós Rózsa). (Reviews by Constance Purdy)
- Reviews, News, Developments of 16mm Films
FILM MUSIC NOTES – NOVEMBER 1946 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2
Cover: Picture of Louis Applebaum; Contents
- Message from National Film Music Council (Grace W. Mabee)
- Message From The National Film Music Council (Grace Widney Mabee)
- Congratulations to the National Film Music Council from the National Motion Picture Council on its new "Film Music Notes" (Bettina Gunczy (?))
- The Challenge of Film Music (by Mrs. Henry Dawson, Motion Picture Association, New York City)
- Letters From Our Readers
- Teaching Possibilities in Current Films (by Stanlie McConnell)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer of Music [for] Deception
- An Evaluation of the Concerto featured in Deception (Frank Miller, first cellist in the NBC Symphony)
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers {Miklós Rózsa} (Bethia L. Smith)
- Documentary Music* (Louis Applebaum)
- Music and Threatrical Shorts (Marie L. Hamilton)
- Items of Interest
- Film Music Forums (Helen C. Dill)
- California School Supervisors Association Meeting
- Films Recently Released and Recommended by Preview Committee: The Jolson Story (Morris Stoloff, mus. dir.); Dark Mirror (Dimitri Tiomkin); Captain Courageous (Franz Waxman); Angel On My Shoulder (Dimitri Tiomkin); My Darling Clementine (Alfred Newman, mus. dir.); The Chase (Michel Michelet); A Lady Surrenders (Herbert Bath).
- Reviews, News, Developments of 16mm Films (James F. Nickerson)
FILM MUSIC NOTES – DECEMBER 1946-JANUARY 1947 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3
Cover: Christmas Theme Artwork; Contents
- Holiday Greetings from the National Film Music Council
- News and Comments
- Waxman and Humoresque
- Biography of Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Film Music (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
- Notes on the Musical Score Written for The Chase ({Michel Michelet})
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Teaching Possibilities in Current Films (Stanlie McConnell)
- Films Recently Released and Recommended by the Preview Committee: Lady in the Lake (David Snell, mus. dir.); Magnificent Doll (Hans Salter); Margie (Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson & Herbert Taylor); My Brother Talks to Horses (Rudolph G. Kopp); Notorious Gentleman (William Alwyn); Strange Woman (Carmen Dragon); Song of the South (Charles Woolcott, mus. dir.); Razor's Edge (Alfred Newman); Undercurrent (Herbert Stothart); The Verdict (Frederick Hollander); Melody of Youth (Leroy Prinz, conductor).
- Limitations Imposed on Current Releases of 16mm Musical Film (James F. Nickerson)
- Two Recent Educational Films Produced in Britain: Instruments of the Orchestra {Purcell/Britten}; Myra Hess (John Huntley).
- Music and Records Available at Music Houses
- Excerpts from The Razor's Edge* {Alfred Newman}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – FEBRUARY-MARCH 1947 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 4§
Cover: Contents
- Message from the National Film Music Council (Grace W. Mabee)
- News and Comments
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- How Can Music Educators and Film Companies Move Forward Together? (Edith M. Keller)
- Viewing the National Scene from a Music Educator's Standpoint
- Hugo Friedhofer's Music Score for Best Years of Our Lives (An Appreciation by Lan Adomian)
- The Yearling - Frederick Delius and {Herbert Stothart}
- Current Films Released and Recommended: California (Victor Young); Dead Reckoning (Marlin Skiles); I'll Be Yours (Frank Skinner); It's A Wonderful Life (Dimitri Tiomkin); Secret Heart (Bronislau Kaper); The Locket (Roy Webb); The Man I Love (Max Steiner); Return of Monte Cristo (Lucien Moraweck); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (Darius Milhaud); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (Alfred Newman, mus. dir.); Sinbad the Sailor (Roy Webb); 13 Rue Madeleine (Alfred Newman).
- Teaching Possibilities in Current Flms (Stanlie McDonnell)
- Stuff to be added here
- Reviews - News - Developments in 16mm Films
- Analysis of the Korngold Cello from Deception* by Frank Miller [?? This is already in Vol. 6, No. 2 ??]
FILM MUSIC NOTES – APRIL-MAY 1947 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5§
Cover: Contents
- Letter from Alice Evans Field, Director of Department of Studio and Public Service, Motion Picture Association, Hollywood
- Survey of Needs for Music Education in Audio-Visual Aids (Delinda Roggensack)
- Academy Awards
- Hugo Friedhofer's Score to The Best Years of Our Lives* (Louis Applebaum)
- Teaching Possibilities in Current Films (Stanlie McConnell)
- Reviews, News, Developments in 16mm Films (James F. Nickerson)
- Current Films Reviewed and Recommended: Blaze of Noon (Adolph Deutsch); Duel in the Sun (Dimitri Tiomkin); Man's Hope (Darius Milhaud); Odd Man Out (William Alwyn); Pursued (Max Steiner); It Happened in Brooklyn (Johnny Green); The Macomber Affair (Miklós Rózsa); Time Out of Mind (Miklós Rózsa & Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco); Ramrod (Adolph Deutsch); Stairway to Heaven (Allan Gray); The Imperfect Lady (Victor Young); The Late George Apley (Alfred Newman & Cyril Mockridge); Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin); New Orleans (Nat Finston, mus. dir.); [From here, very short reviews] Angel and the Badman (Richard Hageman); Calendar Girl (Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson); Carnival in Costa Rica (Ernesto Lecuona); Dark Delusion (David Snell); High Barbaree (Herbert Stothart); Stallion Road (Frederick Hollander); The Egg and I (Frank Skinner); The Farmer's Daughter (Leigh Harline); The Guilt of Janet Ames (George Duning).
NOTE: A "special bulletin," A Salute to Warner Brothers and the Twentieth Anniversary of Sound, was published in 1946; it is 13 pages long, including cover. There is no indication that this issue is part of the regular publication schedule. To see the Warner Brothers issue, click here.
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