John Zamecnik music scores

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2236

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of music scores belonging to American composer and conductor John Zamecnik (1872-1953). He is best known for the photoplay music he composed for pianists, organists, and orchestras during the silent film era.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1920s-1930s

Creator

Zamecnik, J. S. (John S.), 1872-1953 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

John Zamecnik (1872-1953) was an American composer and conductor. He is best known for the photoplay music he composed for pianists, organists, and orchestras during the silent film era. He composed music for films like "The Rough Riders" (1927), "Redskin" (1929), and "Cowboy from Brooklyn" (1938). Zamecnik's music has been used for characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.