Steiner, Max, 1888-1971
Dates
- Existence: 1888 - 1971
Biographical History
Max Steiner (1888-1971) was an Austrian-American film music composer.
Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner was born May 10, 1888 in Austria. Max married three times. He was most well-known for his musical compositions for movies; his best-known score is Gone With the Wind. He graduated from the Austria Imperial Academy of Music at the age of thirteen, completing an eight-year program in just one year. During his life, he won three Oscars for his musical scores. Max Steiner died on December 28, 1971.
Citation:
Max Steiner Music Society news letter, autumn 1976: p. 2 (Max Steiner, Dean of film music)OCLC, 11/19/84 (hdg.: Steiner, Max, 1888-1971)
New Grove (Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter); b. May 10, 1888, Vienna, d. Dec. 28, 1971, Hollywood; American composer of Austrian birth)
Buy a kiss, 1933 (Max R. Steiner)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lost horizon : phonograph disks
12 phonograph disks of motion picture music, "Lost Horizon" (10 disks), "The Informer" (1 disk), "She" (1 disk).
Max Steiner film music sketch of She, 1935
This includes a sketch of Max Steiner's composition for the RKO film "She." Materials dated 1935.
She / by H. Rider Haggard ; screen play by Ruth Rose ; additional dialogue by Dudley Nichols
Contains a bound script of the 1935 motion picture SHE, interleaved with storyboard sketches and inscribed by Merian C. Cooper, the film's producer, to Max Steiner, who composed the music for the film.