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Maximilian Raoul Steiner [a] (10 May 1888 – 28 December 1971) was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood 's greatest musical composers.
Austrian composer Max Steiner achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores. He was born Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria, the son of Marie Mizzi (Hasiba) and Gabor Steiner, an impresario, and the grandson of actor and theater director and manager Maximilian Steiner.
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- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO and Warner Brothers, and was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning three: The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944). Besides his Oscar-winning scores, Steiner's other works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), The ...
YearFilmDirectorRole1929Film score1930Lynn ShoresFilm score1930Film score1930Film scoreMax Steiner (born May 10, 1888, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 28, 1971, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was an Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor. A prodigy, he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year.
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Max Steiner. Composer: Casablanca. Austrian composer Max Steiner achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores.
- May 10, 1888
- December 28, 1971
Dec 1, 2022 · Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music, a documentary which prominently features the BYU Philharmonic and the Max Steiner Collection in the Harold B. Lee Library has been winning Best Documentary awards at film festivals worldwide. On October 1st, the documentary began streaming on HBOMax.
Max Steiner Biography. Maximillian Raoul Walter Steiner was born in Vienna, Austria, May 10, 1888. His grandfather, Maximillian Steiner, was a variety theater owner in Vienna. Max's father, Gabor Steiner, was an entrepreneur who, in 1894, saw Imre Kirhaly's extravagant exhibition "Venice in London" at the Olympic Hall in London.
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