PHOTOPLAY MUSIC AS A KEY SOURCE FOR A NEW HISTORIOGRAPHICAL PARADIGM.

The article focuses on the historiographical challenges and importance of photoplay music from the silent film era. Topics include the scarcity of original handwritten scores, the proliferation and significance of stock photoplay music collections, and the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach. It reports that many original scores are lost, it mentions the prominence of Italian film score composer Giuseppe Becce's Kinothek, and it highlights the need for new historiographical methods.