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Topic: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) - Improvised Score  (Read 1088 times)

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An improvised score to the 1928 French silent film.  Not to be confused with the American short film of the same name also from 1928.  It is based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

A lot is left up to the viewers imagination.  Consequently, I think the film is rather open to diverse approaches in a music score. 

Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach