Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter)
- Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter)
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died Dec. 28, 1971, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.
Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor.
A prodigy,
he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year.
He immigrated to the U.
S.
in 1914 and worked in New York City as a theatre conductor and arranger,
and then he moved to Hollywood in 1929.
He became one of the first and finest (
if not subtlest)
movie composers,
establishing many techniques that became standard,
with his scores for King Kong (
1933),
The Informer (
1935,
Academy Award),
Gone with the Wind (
1939),
Now, Voyager (
1942,
Academy Award),
Since You Went Away (
1944,
Academy Award),
The Big Sleep (
1946),
The Fountainhead (
1949),
and many others.
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Universalium.
2010.
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Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter) — (10 may. 1888, Viena, Austria 28 dic. 1971, Hollywood, Cal., EE.UU.). Compositor y director de orquesta estadounidense de origen austríaco. Niño prodigio, a los 14 años compuso una opereta que se mantuvo un año en cartelera en Viena. En 1914… … Enciclopedia Universal
Steiner — Steiner, George Steiner, Jakob Steiner, teorema de * * * (as used in expressions) Steiner, (Francis) George Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steiner, Rudolf … Enciclopedia Universal
Walter — Walter, Bruno Walter, John * * * (as used in expressions) Adams, Walter S(ydney) Alvarez, Luis W(alter) Bagehot, Walter Walter Lanier Barber Beaton, Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) Benjamin, Walter Brattain, Walter H(ouser) Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.… … Enciclopedia Universal
Raoul — (as used in expressions) Dufy, Raoul Salan, Raoul (Albin Louis) Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Wallenberg, Raoul Walsh, Raoul … Enciclopedia Universal
Maximilian — (as used in expressions) Beerbohm, Sir (Henry) Max(imilian) Reger, (Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian) Steiner, Max(imilian Raoul Walter) … Enciclopedia Universal
