Max Steiner - Composing, Casablanca, and the Golden Age of Film Music

This biography of Steiner provides insight into how the film music industry worked and functioned during the Golden era of film scores. The central part of this work is an analysis of Steiner's score to Casablanca from a musician's point of view. The author also compares Steiner's work with several of his contemporaries, including Hugo Friedhofer, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, and Franz Waxman.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Dr. Wolfgang Thiel

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Life of Max Steiner
Chapter 3: Casablanca

Appendix A: Comparison of Max Steiner with Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, and Hugo Friedhofer
Appendix B: Awards and Honors
Filmography
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Peter Wegele

Summary

This biography of Steiner provides insight into how the film music industry worked and functioned during the Golden era of film scores. The central part of this work is an analysis of Steiner's score to Casablanca from a musician's point of view. The author also compares Stein...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Wegele
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9781442231139
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3113-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Films, cinema, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres, Music of film and stage