D.W. Griffith's THE BIRTH OF A NATION

MUSIC CUE SHEET arranged by William K. Everson. (Cued for running of print at SOUND speed)


CUE MUSIC
BIRTH OF A NATION credits - continue through prologue NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Moussorgsky)
Title: "Stoneman House..." (etc.) Schumann Symphony No. 2: 4th movement
Title: "In the Cottonfields..." (etc.)        "             "           "      mid-3rd movement
Title: "The Gathering Storm..."        "             "           "      beg-3rd movement
Title: "Volunteers..." César Franck Symphony in D. Minor. 3rd movement
Title: "Daybreak" Light Cavalry Overture - Von Suppé
Title: "The Colonel receives a letter..." Diane - Erno Rapee
Title: "A Guerilla Raid on Piedmont..." Lemminkainen Suite, pt. 4 - Sibelius
Title: "Tender Memories..." Firebird Suite, 1. (Rondo) - Stravinsky
Title: "Bombardment of Atlanta..."      "        "     Infernal Dance (from middle)
Title: "Gray Days for the Confederacy..."      "        "     Rondo, rpt.
Title: "Only a few..." (battle sequence)      "        "     Infernal Dance
Title: "War's Peace"      "        "     Lullaby & Hymn
Title: "A military hospital..." Terry's Theme from Limelight - Chaplin
Title: "A mother insists..." The theme from Shane - Paul Weston
Title: "A mother's appeal to the Great Heart" Chausson Symphony in B, op.20 - 1st movement
Title: "Surrender..."       "             "           "       "       2nd movement
END OF PART ONE BIRTH OF A NATION
Title: "Discharged..." "Kisses in the Dark" - Micheli
Title: "Homecoming..." "For You" - Dubin & Burke
Title: "Stoneman..." Chausson Symphony in B, op.20 - 1st movement
Title: "That fateful night..."       "             "           "       "       3rd movement
Title: "The news was received in the South..." Firebird Suite, Stravinsky, Lullaby
Title: "White House..."      "        "           "         Dance of the Firebird
Title: "Carpetbaggers..." Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor - 1st movement
Title: "Love battles pride..." "Charmaine" - Erno Rapee
Title: "Votes..." Franck Symphony in D, 1st movement
Title: "In agony of soul..." Legend of the Glass Mountain, Nino Rota
Title: (covering Ku Klux Klan) The Phantom Regiment - Leroy Anderson
Title: "Little Sister goes to the Spring..." Stravinsky Firebird Suite - Infernal Dance and (after suicide) Lullaby
END OF PART TWO THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Title: "Gus hides..." Lemminkainen Suite, pt.4 - Sibelius
Title: "The Trial" Franck Symphony in D, 1st movement
Title: "Morning"     "           "                2nd movement
Title: "The faithful souls take a hand" Jolly Robbers Overture - Von Suppé
Title: "The black's mad proposal of marriage" Schumann Symphony No.2 - 2nd movement
Title: "Summoning the Clans" Cavalry Overture - Von Suppé
Title: "I want to marry a white woman"
         (music starts on ride of clansmen after title)
Night on Bald Mountain (Moussorgsky)
(ad-lib rpt)
Title: "Parade of the Victors" Night on Bald Mountain - last 10 seconds
THE END
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