Silent Film Sound (Paperback)

Part I: Methodology
1. The History of Silent Film Sound
Past Attempts to Write the History of Silent Film Sound
Assumptions and Limitations of the Current Project
2. Crisis Historiography
A New Kind of History
Anatomy of an Identity Crisis
Part II: The Late-Nineteenth-Century Soundscape
3. The Musical Scene
4. Lecture Logic
Part III: Early Film Sound
5. From Peep Show to Projection
6. Vaudeville
Part IV: Nickelodeon Sound
7. The Crisis of the Late Aughts
8. Lectures, Sound Effects, and the Itinerant Exhibition Model
9. Films That Talk
10. The Nickelodeon Program
11. Nickelodeon Music
Part V: The Campaign to Standardize Sound
12. Trade Press Discourse
13. Music for Films
14. Training Musicians, Training Audiences
Part VI: The Golden Era of Silent Film Music
15. Moving Picture Orchestras Come of Age
16. New Roles for Keyboard Instruments
17. Cue Sheets and Photoplay Music
18. Musical Practices
Conclusion