FILM MUSIC NOTES: November 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.
NOTE: The numbering system in this volume does not make sense. It looks like they were switching over to the new bi-monthly system.
Issues in this section have been obtained with the kind help of The Film Music Society.
FILM MUSIC NOTES – NOVEMBER 1946 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2
Cover: Small 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 this Concerto featured in Deception (Frank Miller, first cellist in the NBC Symphony)
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (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; Dark Mirror; Captain Courageous; Angel On My Shoulder; My Darling Clementine; The Chase; A Lady Surrenders.
- Reviews, News, Developments of 16mm Films (James F. Nickerson)
FILM MUSIC NOTES – DECEMBER 1946-JANUARY 1947 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3
Cover: Christmas Theme, 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 (({Michael Michelet})
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Teaching Possibilities in Current Films (Stanlie McConnell)
- Films Recently Released and Recommended by the Preview Committee: Lady in the Lake; Magnificent Doll; Margie; My Brother Talks to Horses; Notorious Gentleman; Strange Woman; Song of the South; Razor's Edge; Undercurrent; The Verdict; Melody of Youth.
- Limitations Imposed on Current Releases of 16mm Musical Film (James F. Nickerson)
- Two Recemt Educational Films Produced in Britain: Instruments of the Orchestra {Purcell/Britten; mus. dir. Muir Mathieson}; Myra Hess. (John Huntley)
- Music and Records Available at Music Houses
- Excerpts from The Razor's Edge {Alfred Newman}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – APRIL-MAY 1947 – VOLUME 6, NUMBER 5
Cover: Contents [Note: in the issue I have, page 2 is missing]
- 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: Duel in the Sun; Man's Hope; Odd Man Out; Purz`sued; It Happened in Brooklyn; The Macomber Affair; Time Out of Mind; Ramrod; Stairway to Heaven; The Impefect Lady & The Late George Apley; Monsieur Verdoux; New Orleans; [from here, very short reviews] Angel and the Badman; Calendar Girl; Carnival in Costa Rica; Dark Delusion; High Barbaree; Stallion Roadl The Egg and I; The Farmer's Daughter; The Guilt of Janet Ames.
NOTE: Only three issues of this volume (#6) are available as above. 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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