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Music score for Fred Niblo's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production of Ben Hur

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Item data

Title

Music score for Fred Niblo's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production of Ben Hur

Names

Mendoza, David, 1894-1975 (Arranger)
Axt, William, 1882-1959 (Arranger)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1925 (Inferred)

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: *MSP-Amer. (Mendoza. Ben Hur)

Subjects

Silent film music
Motion picture music
RDA records

Genres

Scores

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: adapted and arranged by David Mendoza and William Axt.
Content: Arranged for piano solo; originally for orchestra.
Content: "Based on the famous novel by Gen. Lew Wallace ; filmed by arrangement with A.L. Erlanger" -- on cover.
Date: No copyright date or symbol; date inferred from release date of motion picture.
Content: Many musical cues preceded by brief summary of action or text of intertitles.
Language: Staff notation.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (203 pages) ; 31 cm

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19825732
Photo Order: 51947
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8cc4c350-5ec5-0131-160a-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Music score for Fred Niblo's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production of Ben Hur" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1925. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cc4c350-5ec5-0131-160a-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1925). Music score for Fred Niblo's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production of Ben Hur Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cc4c350-5ec5-0131-160a-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Music score for Fred Niblo's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production of Ben Hur" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cc4c350-5ec5-0131-160a-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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