Midnight Fire Alarm Mid-Intermediate Level Piano - Sheet Music

Judith M.

Nov 7, 2014

I have original copies of this score, dating back to the early 1900s. If you listen to the music of animated cartoons by E. B. Iwerks (Popeye in particular), you will hear some of this very music! Suggestion: When you play the fire bells, raise the notes up one octave. Harry J. Lincoln and E. T. Paull produced some really great sound track music; when I accompany a silent movie festival, I keep copies of their music on hand. NOTE: Too bad that the original cover picture does not show up here. It is in 4 colors, and really a wild image of an old horse-drawn steamer/pumper creening through citiy streets in the dark of night!

Cherryl W.

Nov 26, 2012

Thrill to the thundering march of yesteryear that captures the rush and excitement of a 19th century fire alarm! Picture four powerful horses, champing at the bit, hauling a fire wagon through the darkened streets of a slumbering city! (Be sure to watch for the Fireman, save my child! phrase.) You will recognize many motifs that have appeared in the music from U. B. Iwerks Popeye animated cartoon sound tracks, too!I was fortunate to find an early 20th century printing of the piece for solo piano (with a four-color lithograph on the front), and have had fun playing it ever since to give friends and family a surprise show of dexterity and a sense of humor. A companion piece to Lincoln's Ben Hur Chariot Race March, another real work-out, but oh, so much fun to play!NOTE: My Uncle William told me to play the bell octave motif an octave higher than written. That makes it sound more like bells, he said with enthusiasm. (He was a projectionist at a local movie theater.)