Composition Year | 1916 |
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Genre Categories | Film scores; Incidental music; Theatrical Works; |
Work Title | The Fall of a Nation |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Herbert, Victor |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IVH 58 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1916 |
First Performance. | 1916 |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | orchestra |
External Links | Wikipedia article |
Silent film, screenplay by Thomas Dixon Jr., a sequel to The Birth of a Nation. According to the Wikipedia article, "The Encyclopædia Britannica states that "this is probably the first original symphonic score composed for a feature film". An earlier music score was composed by Camille Saint-Saëns for the short (15-minute) film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908)."