Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Souvenir Album

It's interesting to note that in the early days, Disney did not have its own music publishing company. All material was contracted out to Irving Berlin Music and later the Bourne Music Company.
All the rights to publish the music and songs from this film are actually still controlled by the Bourne Co. In later years, the Studio was able to acquire back the rights to the music from all of the other films, except this one. Prior to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a movie soundtrack recording was unheard of and [had] little value to a movie studio.  Source: IMDb.
Read about a 1995 United States Court of Appeals case of Bourne vs. Walt Disney Company in regards to a Snow White copyright infringement in the use of video cassettes (first released on home video in 1994) and TV commercials.

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The Souvenir Album: 

Published by both Irving Berlin, Inc. and the Bourne Co., this softcover book includes the songs and musical notation by Larry Morey and Frank Churchill, but also 14 full black and white illustrations, 50 pages, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4".
 
Front Cover (above), Rear Cover (below)

 Souvenir Album (1938). Publisher Bourne Music Publishers. Images courtesy of RareLibrary.com. Used with Permission.

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Other editions of the Souvenir Album contained the same illustrations, layout and music sheets. However, a red background color was added.

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 Souvenir Album (1938). Publisher Bourne Music Publishers. Images courtesy of ToGo Books and Comics. Used with Permission.

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There was also a children's edition of the album with simplified versions of each song.

 
 Children's Simplified Edition (1937). Publisher Bourne Music Publishers. Image courtesy of A Page From the Past. Used with Permission.

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