Gli archivi della musica cinematografica in Italia: uno strumento indispensabile per la ricerca, la prassi esecutiva e la divulgazione

Abstract

This article examines some of the issues inherent in the film music archive type, in particular those that the author was able to visit in Italy during his research activity. He describes the peculiarities of such archives and the diversity of materials they contain, highlighting the attitude that a researcher must adopt when studying film music and disseminating it correctly, as well as the precautions a performer must take when accompanying a silent film. The article also contains some proposals to create a network of film music archives, in order to facilitate the work of reconstructing the complex links between those materials that later become part of a soundtrack, such as scores, sound recordings, notes, and film scripts.