persons Steiner, Max

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Name Steiner, Max
Alternative Names
ID 2689
Gender male
Lifespan 1888-05-10 - 1971-12-28
Professions conductor (Q228422), musician (Q639669), classical composer (Q21680663), composer
Collection(s)
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  • manually created entity
  • Österreicher in Hollywood
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  • Uri(s) https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/2688/
    https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/2689/
    https://d-nb.info/gnd/119548895
    Notes Born in Vienna in 1888, as the grandson of the owner of Theater an der Wien and the son of Gabor Steiner, also a theater director, Max Steiner began to work at the Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in Hollywood in 1929. Steiner successfully paved the way for dramaturgical film scores. He used the leitmotif-technique and in his work characters, locations and things were connected to musical pendants. In 1936, he joined Warner Brothers and together with Erich Wolfgang Korngold he established the musical style of the studios. In his 35 years in Hollywood, Steiner composed, orchestrated and directed nearly 300 film scores. He received 3 Academy Awards, 22 Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award.
    References See pgs. 291-293 in Ulrich, Rudolf, "Österreicher in Hollywood", Edition S, 1993.

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1912 1912 related >> worked for/at >> was director of Ronacher Vienna
    1929 1936 related >> worked for/at RKO Pictures, Hollywood
    1936 related >> worked for/at Warner Brothers Pictures
    related >> worked for/at Selznick International Orchestra
    related >> studied at Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna)
    1914 related >> worked for/at Ziegfeld Follies

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    related >> student of Mahler, Gustav
    related >> was admired by Gold, Ernest
    related >> collaborated with Selznick, David O.
    related >> collaborated with Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    1888-05-10 related >> born in Praterstraße 72, 1020 Vienna
    1971-12-28 related >> died in 1012 Cove Way, Beverly Hills
    1906 related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work London
    1911 related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work Paris
    1914 1929 related >> stayed in >> stayed in for work New York, NY

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    1933 related >> contributed to >> composed the music for King Kong
    1935 related >> contributed to >> composed the music for The Informer
    1939 related >> contributed to >> composed the music for Gone With the Wind
    1942 related >> contributed to >> composed the music for Now, Voyager
    1944 related >> contributed to >> composed the music for Since You Went Away
    1942 related >> contributed to >> composed the music for Casablanca

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Steiner, Maximilian Raoul Walter Legacy name (merge) deu

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