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Tales of a cinema violinist - From the Archive: May 1926

2026-05-08T08:39:00

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An anonymous cinema violinist, used to performing alone with a pianist, rails against the vicissitudes of the cinema screen – speaking entirely from experience

Popular dance music is the right thing for comedies. It is ephemeral stuff, and what is played this month is as stale next month as old tobacco smoke. The cost of separate scores for dozens of dance tunes is quite prohibitive to the small cinema musician when a piano album of tunes can be purchased for a few pence…

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