Western Scenes
With his famous "Motion Picture Moods" (1924), Erno Repée provided musicians tasked with performing accompaniment for silent film screenings with a highly useful "rapid-reference collection" of over 200 compositions. For Western scenes, he recommended the following three compositions:
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Irénée Bergé: Western Scene – Piano Solo Edition
Discover the exciting and very fast piece by the French composer who lived in the USA—perfect for adventurous, thrilling, fast-paced scenes, not just those set in the Wild West. It has the charm of 1920s silent film music that makes us smile today. ➤➤➤
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Hugo Riesenfeld: Western Allegro - Piano Solo Edition
Download the newly engraved sheet music PDF of Riesenfeld's piece for silent movies, and hear it with that classic vintage sound and in Hi-Fi quality (mp3). The piece was designed for Western Scenes—for "Camping, mining, cowboys, stampedes, bar-rooms, gambling houses, etc." Have fun! ➤➤➤
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Edward Falck: Western Allegro - Piano Solo Edition
"For joyful scenes, racing, stampedes, crowds, etc." reads the subtitle of this Allegro made for Western Scenes in silent movies. Joyful? Oh wait—nonsense, don't wait, but listen and marvel! (tablet optimized PDF for playing and for listening mp3 in classic vintage sound). ➤➤➤