Scope and Contents

Contains 22 color photographs of Max Steiner and others at Steiner's home and of the 1975 Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony honoring Steiner, 105 lobby cards, and 9 movie still photographs.

Abstract

These papers document Elian's life and career as a harp soloist from the 1910s onward, her year as a musician in Hollywood studio orchestras (1926-1954), and significantly her marriage (1936-1946) to film composer Max Steiner. Also covered is Elian's concert career as a member of symphony orchestras and ballet companies as well as soloist appearing worldwide (1950-1986).

Scope and Contents Contains publications produced by or with the Max Steiner Music Society, and other publications collected by the Society that feature Max Steiner or his film music composition work. Also contains records of society activities, such as photographs, letters, articles used in society publications, and sound recordings of Max Steiner music on audiocassette, phonograph record, and audiotape, some of which was distributed by the society as part of a music catalog. Collection also contains material...

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Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

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Two bound volumes of music, loose photographs, and two photograph albums.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs of the production of the Tribute to Max Steiner program produced by the Brigham Young University Department of Music in April 1981.

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34 cards and letters, 28 photographs sent to Tokunaga from the Steiners.