5 10 157 https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/287f8add31529977f8eab4314be583c1.png ce349c2c27ebb63d48024fd367103fd1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "'Birth of a Nation' Pictures Next Week" [newspaper article with image] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "'Birth of a Nation' Pictures Next Week." Ottawa Journal. November 20 1915: 9. Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1915 Description An account of the resource This article on the Regent's showing of "The Birth of a Nation" describes "a new kind of grand opera" and includes an image of a large orchestra. The article only briefly mentions the "opposition aroused by the film" and otherwise links the musical score to the film's controversial themes and plot without criticism: "Now grave, now gay, no sounding the loud diapason of war, again sweetly harmonising love's sighs and rhapsodies; anon bringing back old plantation melodies, or the crash of riot and rapine, or the welcome Ku Klux Klan call that fell so gratefully on the ear of Southern whites sorely oppressed by the 'servants in the master's hall' - it fits the changing scenes of the story like a flowing beautiful garment. " Inscription: "Birth of a Nation" Pictures Next Week | Wonderful Production Cost Half a Million Dollars to Make | Thousands of People and Horses Appear | Thrilling Events of Great Civil War Depicted in a Truthful Manner. David W. Griffith's epoch-making spectacle, "The Firth of a Nation," following its record-breaking runs in New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles, will be seen in one of its original productions at the Russell Theatre all next week with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. This work, partly for the nature of the new art, partly from the opposition aroused, has excited keen curiosity and the extraordinary advance sale indicates that the playhouse will be crowded. "The Birth of a Nation" tells by film and music the story of a nation re-born through the storm and stress of internecine strife. Instead of the four to six scenes of the conventional play, its technique permits of filming literally thousands of scenes and covering a wide range of history and characters. Slavery, the prime cause of the war; Lincoln's call for troops to subdue the Southern States; the ball on the eve of the Bull Run, and the first triumph of Confederate arms; the devastation wrought by Sherman's march and the awful ordeal of the Siege of Petersburg; Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox; the assassination of the Federal President; the harsh Radical policy to the stricken South; the uprising of the Ku Klux Klan, and the overthrow of the carpet-bagger regime - these great factors and events pass in review before the thrilled spectators The Love Story | The love interest of the play is based on the friendships between the Camerons of South Carolina and the Stonemans of Pennsylvania, two families involved in the struggle. Ben Cameron, the gallant clansman of the Dixon stories appears again in the role of romantic hero; the piquant Northern girl, Elsie Stoneman, as the heroine. Mr. Griffith took most of the scenes in the great out-of-doors, where Nature painted the backgrounds and army men directed the battle campaigns. The notable indoor scenes, like Ford's Theatre on the night of the Lincoln tragedy, the peace at Appomattox, and the South Carolina legislature of 1870, are exact facsimiles of the originals. Altogether it is the first time in art-production that history in the large has been presented in living pictures. to do this many times the amount of the time, energy and expense usually devoted to amusement enterprises had to be used. Eighteen thousand people and 3,000 horses appear in the picture, which cost approximately $500,000 to produce. Of equal importance to the scenes is the music that interprets them. It consists of an elaborate symphonic score arranged after Griffith's suggestions of the musical motifs for the leading characters. Now grave, now gay, no sounding the loud diapason of war, again sweetly harmonising love's sighs and rhapsodies; anon bringing back old plantation melodies, or the crash of riot and rapine, or the welcome Ku Klux Klan call that fell so gratefully on the ear of Southern whites sorely oppressed by the "servants in the master's hall" - it fits the changing scenes of the story like a flowing beautiful garment. The marriage of this music to the film best of all entitled the producer to his well-earned laurel of having created a new art; a new kind of grand opera, so to speak, that had not even been conceived before. Symphony Orchestra with "The Birth of a Nation," at the Russell all next week. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/69ee50ce1b9984730fd66c80f38265da.jpeg 0fce0d033c34a9ff1b6a7c717ac98bc9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. George's Hall and Nickel Theatre advertisement Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived St. George's Hall and Nickel Theatre advertisement. Ottawa Journal. January 10 1910: 2. Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library Description An account of the resource This advertisement for the opening night of the St. George's Hall promotes "Special Pictures, Special Songs, Special Singers." Inscription: To-Night Grand Opening | St. George's Hall | Bank Street. | Special Pictures, Special Songs, Special Singers. | Doors open at 7 p.m. | Get There Early! Special Night | Nickel Theatre | Albert Street | The Highlanders' Defiance. | The last of the Boer war series of pictures and it's the best. 5c. | Both Houses Under the Same Management. | Both Shows Entirely Different. | Ken. E. Finlay, Manager. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/9f711f91e879c03fc0e225315728fd14.jpeg 1bc563c0d19c8d5d8fde25244a0b7b15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Special Music for 'Bagdad' Film" [newspaper article] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Special Music for 'Bagdad' Film." Ottawa Journal. January 30 1926: 15. Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926 Description An account of the resource A rare mention of an original film music score comes up in this article on the Français' showing of The Thief of Bagdad. Inscription: Special Music for 'Bagdad' Film | A successful effort to retrieve the spirit of the ancient Bagdad melodies was made by Mortimer Wilson, conductor-composer of New York, who wrote the musical score for Douglas Fairbanks' "The Thief of Bagdad," which comes to the Francais Theatre for two days, commencing next Monday. the stories the aged story tellers of Bagdad related around the blazing fires to camel drivers and travellers centuries ago have been preserved in "The Arabian Nights," but the music of that day has been lost forever. Mortimer Wilson reincarnated it. He has caught all the romance, beauty, colour, and glitter of that ancient city and interpreted it in terms of notes and bars. The success of his efforts is due to the fact that he took his inspiration directly from the picture, viewing each scene shortly after it was taken and then setting his impressions to music. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/13e3f58ce7b2addc47dd49e9328d2726.jpeg 6dbe0f262572a112a449976f7317c79b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Symphony Orchestra With Great Spectacle 'The Birth of a Nation'" [newspaper photograph] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Symphony Orchestra With Great Spectacle 'The Birth of a Nation.'" Ottawa Journal. November 25 1916: 10. Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library Description An account of the resource Photo of a "Symphony Orchestra of Picked soloists" for the Russell's 1916 showing of The Birth of a Nation. Inscription: Symphony Orchestra With Greta Spectacle "The Birth of a Nation." | The Symphony Orchestra of Picked soloists with the wonderful production "The Birth of a Nation" which will be seen at the Russell this afternoon and tonight. "The Birth of a Nation" cost $300,000 to produce, one thousand eight hundred people and three thousand horses being employed. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1916 https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/6b9682dad0dd89997f62243ec307cf6c.jpg 626d73d45e37f07a693df5ba7ada7a34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dalhousie Street and Theatre Francais, Ottawa, Canada [postcard] Description An account of the resource Postcard, 5.5 X 3.5 inches Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Dalhousie Street and Theatre Francais, Ottawa, Canada." Card Serial No. 111, 155 J.V.. Montreal and Toronto: Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co. Ltd, 1910. Printed in Great Britain. Baldwin Collection. Toronto Reference Library. PC-ON 1502. Note: The first mention of the Theatre Francais building in the Ottawa Journal was on February 20, 1913, and the opening was announced for June 23, 1913. Furthermore the 1912 Ottawa insurance plan describes the site being excavated as of May 1912. This suggests that the 1910 date provided for the Toronto Public Library entry is incorrect. Sources: "To Let," Ottawa Journal, February 20 1913: 7. Theatre Francais advertisement, Ottawa Journal, June 23 1913: 11. Insurance plan of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Volume 1, September 1902, revised 1912, sheet 22, Library and Archives Canada, R6990-513-2-E, MIKAN no. 3816030. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. <a href="https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PCR-1930&R=DC-PCR-1930" target="_blank">Click here for the Toronto Public Library description</a> https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/d0a9cdaa5c512f5c573c692cd763a88a.jpg 0706649b0010be335d38b42d1ea5abbd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Basilica Male Choir Meets With Success at the Regent" [newspaper article] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “Basilica Male Choir Meets With Success at the Regent: Synchronizing of Choir Voices With Action of Picture Proved Decided Novelty During Presentation of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’,” Ottawa Journal, February 9, 1924: 16. Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 Description An account of the resource A positive review of the Regent Orchestra and the Notre Dame Basilica Male Choir's performance alongside The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1924 noting. Inscription: Basilica Male Choir Meets With Success at the Regent | Synchronizing of Choir Voices With Action of Picture Proves Decided Novelty during Presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." One of the best musical innovations ever presented in any motion picture theatre in Ottawa was introduced by Manager Cloakey in securing the Basilica Notre Dame Cathedral Male Choir, which delighted though sands of music lovers all week at this popular photoplay house, in conjunction with the local premiere of Victor Hugo's immortal drama, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." The beautiful quality and blending of the voices must be heard to be fully appreciated, which is enhanced by the arrangement of the prologue to the feature attraction. The atmosphere created by the choir is perfect, and the sychronizing of the voices to suit the action of the picture is arranged in a most novel manner. The Basilica choir has been engaged of the second week of the presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and all those who have not seen this production or heard the choir will have the opportunity of doing so all next week. Special mention might also be made of the special musical score which is interpreted by the Regent Concert Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Rudolph Pelisek. It is one of the most difficult scores ever written for a picture, and the Regent Orchestra has the distinction of playing from the original score that was used on Broadway for the first presentation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/053ecaec616427615826da2abe331365.jpg 0693bee9ca5f2738eee7c910d57f2537 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Regent Theatre, N.W. corner of Bank and Sparks Street, Ottawa Ontario. February, 1918. [photograph] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Studio of William James Topley. “Regent Theatre, N.W. corner of Bank and Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario.” February 1918. Library and Archives Canada. PA-028126. MIKAN no. 3381032. <a href="https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3381032" target="_blank">Click here to view Library and Archives Canada description.</a> Description An account of the resource A photo showing the interior of the Regent, with an American and a French flag can be seen just above the orchestra pit. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/059de35c02db04f303f326c50bee9891.png 3608c255e8494cea615773d6e638ae0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "12 Pdr. Naval Gun on Regent Stage With An Ottawa Naval Crew" [newspaper photograph] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "12 Pdr. Naval Gun on Regent Stage With An Ottawa Naval Crew," Ottawa Journal, February 28 1925: 11. Microfilm from Ottawa Public Library Description An account of the resource Photo of naval men and canon representing the prologue before showings of Zeebrugge at the Regent in 1925. Inscription: 12-Pdr. Naval Gun on Regent Stage With an Ottawa Naval Crew | The ship's gun and crew from the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Ottawa Company, engaging in a dummy submarine attach, as presented in a prologue to "Zeebrugge" the official Admiralty reconstruction of the Glorious Naval Epic which took place on St. George's Day, 1918. The naval gun is now in the Regent Theatre. Its weight is almost 1 1-2 ton. The crew is composed of Ottawa buys, all of whom have seen sacrifice on warships during their annual summer training. The training periods of this company consist of drills in Ottawa on Friday evenings in local barracks, 305 Wellington street, during the year, and two weeks at the coast in summer, in barracks or on a warship, all expenses being paid. The summer trips are taken when best suited to each individual. This event at the Regent is unusual, and is a rare opportunity for the Ottawa public to witness a naval gun in action. The picture is being shown under the distinguished patronage of Their Excellencies The Governor-General and The Lady Byng of Vimy. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/b0835aae593c95fe30cb7e2853cab41e.png 6b958ebb6221df4816ed0e2c90ffdcae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource This collection includes items pertaining to silent film music practice in Ottawa. It also includes items that shed light on theatre orchestras and musicians that played alongside films. Please click "Items in the Silent Film Music in Ottawa Collection" to explore the full collection. Title A name given to the resource Silent Film Music in Ottawa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Ottawa Symphony Orchestra" [article] Description An account of the resource One of several notices of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra's repertoire found in the North American music trade journal, The Metronome. Notices for the Chateau Laurier Orchestra can also be found in this journal. Inscription: Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, under direction of Mr. Donald Heins, conductor, and assisted by Miss Millicent Brennan, soprano, and Miss Aline Van Barentzen, pianiste, gave a concert at the Russell Theatre, Wednesday evening, January 31, Ottawa, Canada. The program was devoted to such numbers as "Symphonie Spirituelle" by Asger Hamerik; Santuzza's Aria from Cavalleria Rusticana and Dalilah's aria "Mon coeur s'ouver a' ta voix" from Sait-Saëns' "Samson and Dalilah; overture to Anacreon by Luigi Chrubini; piano solos, (a) Chopin, Ballad, (b) Gluck-Brahms, Gavotte, (c) Rubinstein, Etude (Miss Aline Van Barentzen); three pieces for string orchestra, (a) Mélodie ancienn, (b) César Cui Orientale, (c) D'Ambrosio en badinant; songs, (a) Mary Turner Salter, "Come to the garden, love," (b) Oley Speaks, "To You," (c) Horatio Parker, "Love in May," (d) Mary Turner Salter, "The Chrysanthemum (Miss Millicent Brennan); and the Robert Schumann Concerto in A minor with orchestra and a second piano played by Dr. Thoman Gibson. | This year's officers of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra include: Executive committee, F. C.T. O'Hara, chairman ; J. A. Machado, vice-chairman ; J. P. Joynt, Hon. treasurer ; C. G. Cowan, Hon. secretary ; Dr. James Bonar, A. B. Brodrick, Dr. Thomas Gibson, M. D. Hamilton, Donald Heins, Dr. F. Montizambert, A. G. Parker, and W. l. Scott ; and members of the corporation (in addition to the executive committee), George Burn, J. S. Ewart, K. C., W. J. Gerland, Rev. Dr. Herridge, D. Hossack, J. E. Macpherson, Matthew Orme, and H. S. Southam ; and the instrumentation and membership of the orchestra is as follows: | First violins, Mrs. Donald Heins, Miss Nita Bennett, Miss Ina Blackburn, Miss A. Beattie, Miss Dale Harris, Mrs. J. Eyre C. Holmes, Miss Jolligge, Miss Idyll King, Miss A. McCall, Miss Morrow, Mrs. T. F. Murdock, Mrs. McKnight, Miss Maye Neville, Miss E. Pope, Mr. H. Dumouchel, Mr. A. W. Joanes, Mr. Emile Rochon, Mr. Scales; violas, Mr. E. Schneider, Mr. Chamberlad, Miss M.T. Armstrong, Miss Lily Orme, Mr. H. Botterel, Mr. W. L. Scott; violoncellos, Mons. J. B. Dubois, Mr. Van der Meerschen, Miss K. Baldwin, Miss H. Langdon, Mr. J. P. Joynt, Mr. Mathé, Mr. J. W. D. Thompson; second violins, Miss M. Bonar, Miss Lily M. Anderson, Miss A. Boyd, Mrs. E. Brisbois, Miss Juliette Caron, Miss Beryl Cooke, Mrs. A. Fortier, Miss Edna Gaulke, Miss B. Jarvis, Miss D. McKenzie, Miss A. Mulligan, Mrs. E.Parson, Miss Mina Stewart, Miss M. Tilley, Miss E. Young, Mr. J. Cavill, Mr. Fred Johnston, Mr. R. Marier, Mr. N. W. McKnight; basses, Mr. T. O. Dionne, Mr. Walthieu, Mr. Brisbois, Mr. Denemoustier, Mr. E. L. Joynt, MR. R. R. Wimperis ; flutes, Mr. A. E. Parson, Mr. A. S. Greaves; oboe, Mr. Clarke ; clarinets, Mr. Bysche, Mr. E. Drew Ingall ; basson, Mr. W. Greaves ; pianoforte II, Dr. Thomas Gibson. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “Ottawa Symphony Orchestra,” The Metronome 33 no. 3 (March 1917): 66, UR Research, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1802/26103" target="_blank">https://hdl.handle.net/1802/26103</a>. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Carl Fischer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917 https://omeka.uottawa.ca/silentfilmmusiccanada/files/original/772cc259fd2d3fad4bc70ef47d14e11c.jpg e7e75bb32d2e745607e5fffbfce8168b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jack Warner Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “Streamline | The Official Filmstruck Blog.” Streamlinefilmstruckcom RSS, streamline.filmstruck.com/. Accessed Nov. 27. 2017. Jack Vandermeer, School of Music, University of Ottawa