Max Steiner
Also known as Maximilian Raoul Steiner
Austrian-born American music composer and conductor (1888–1971)
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- The Manly Paradox
- Die Eklampsie in Sachsen während der Zeit vom 1. Januar 1910 bis 31. Dezember 1919
- Die Internierung von Armeeangehörigen kriegführender Mächte in neutralen Staaten
- Ketogene Diät Für Anfänger
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging or conducting, when he was fifteen. Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO…
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- Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music — Self (archive footage)2019
- Hollywood's Musical Moods — Self1976
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Maximilian Raoul Steiner (10 May 1888 – 28 December 1971) was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers.
Steiner was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, proficient at composing, arranging, and conducting, by the time he was fifteen. Threatened with internment in England during World War I, he fled to Broadway; and in 1929 he moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. He is often referred to as "the father of film music", as Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films, along with composers Dimitri Tiomkin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, and Miklós Rózsa.
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