Tag: from automatic vaudeville to seventh art

  • Stuart Oderman (1940-2017) – silent film pianist

    Stuart Oderman (1940-2017) – silent film pianist

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    Ben Model

    The Adventures of Prince Achmed concluded, and as the curtain in MoMA’s Titus 2 theatre closed and the lights came up, I took my bows by the piano and then headed back to the booth, as I’d done after all my shows. This time I found a post-it note on the table in the back…

  • Ben Model on NY1 – January 2000

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    Ben Model

    Just uploaded this video to YouTube. This was aired in January 2000, during MoMA’s six-month silent film series coinciding with their museum-wide “MoMA 2000” gallery exhibitions. I was playing for 5-8 shows a week. If my years at NYU as an accompanist was silent film accompaniment boot camp – as I often refer to it…