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Steiner, Max, 1888-1971

 Person

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 205 Collections and/or Records:

Max Steiner film music sketches of Young Man With a Horn, 1950

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 211
Scope and Contents

Sketches of Max Steiner's compositions for the Warner Bros. film "Young Man With a Horn." Materials dated 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketches of Youngblood Hawke, 1964

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 210
Scope and Contents

This includes sketches of Max Steiner's composition for the Warner Bros. film "Youngblood Hawke." Materials dated 1964.

Dates: 1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings, 1930-1965

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains pencil sketches and recordings of various compositions created by Max Steiner including films such as the 1944 film version of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead," and "Gone With the Wind." Materials dated 1930-1965.

Dates: 1930-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers

Max Steiner loose pencil sketch of Stingaree, 1934

 Sub-Series — Box 12: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233245742], oversize-folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 178
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This includes a loose pencil sketch of Max Steiner's composition for the RKO film "Stingaree." Materials dated 1934.

Dates: 1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1547, Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings / Max Steiner film music sketch of Stingaree

Republic Pictures Corporation music archives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1507
Scope and Contents The Republic Pictures Music Archives is a valuable research tool for the study of music composed and recorded for motion pictures by a studio operating during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. It is also useful in examining the works at Republic of film composers such as Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Victor Young, Nathan Scott, William Lava, and Mort Glickman. The more than one thousand boxes of piano-conductor scores and parts, together with more than seven thousand recordings comprise a nearly...
Dates: 1935-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Republic Pictures Corporation music archives

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