1, Where the Pavement Ends, Ernst Luz, Music Division, Library of Congress. “Instructions to Musicians and Leaders,” Where the Pavement Ends, Ernst Luz, Music Division, Library of Congress.Ĭue No. Yet with inconsistent or scant information remaining on how the music was or may have been performed in conjunction with its intended film, we cannot always be certain of how a specific film may have been experienced by all audiences across the country, let alone the globe. The music for films from 1923 includes piano reductions of an entire score, selections of just a few cues, orchestral parts, and in the case of Where the Pavement Ends, instructions for the musical performers. Studying these scores provides a window into understanding how these films may have been experienced and consumed. I quickly found that a dozen silent film scores from 1923 are included in the Music Division’s holdings, from German silent dramas like Alt-Heidelberg (music composed by Marc Roland) to what are now considered to be lost films such as the South Seas romance Where the Pavement Ends (with music compiled by Ernst Luz).
With the changes in copyright status, I wondered exactly how much of the Music Division’s substantial collection of film music was from 1923.
Pieces of music, novels, and films alike have become available within the United States without copyright permissions. Multiple news articles have heralded the many works and publications that entered the public domain on January 1 st of 2019. Film Music from 1923 and the Public Domain
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