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Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 - December 28, 1971) was an Academy Award-winning Austrian-American composer of music for theatre productions and films. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one He probably is known best for the score he composed for the classic Gone With the Wind. A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936

Steiner was born Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. His paternal grandfather was Maximilian Steiner (1830-1880), the influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien; his father was Gabor Steiner (1858-1944), Viennese impresario and carnival and exposition manager, responsible for the Ferris wheel in the Prater that would become the setting for a key scene of the film The Third Man (1949); his godfather was the composer Richard Strauss. Maximilian Steiner ( August 28, 1839 - May 29, 1880) was an Austrian Actor and Theater manager The Theater an der Wien (The Theatre on the Wien River is a Theatre in Vienna. Impresario, from the Italian impresa an enterprise or undertaking is a traditional term still very much in use in the Entertainment industry for A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a Nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna 's 2nd district Leopoldstadt. The Third Man ( is an award-winning British Film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted A child prodigy in composing, Steiner received piano instruction from Johannes Brahms and, at the age of sixteen, enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Music (now known as the University of Music and Performing Arts), where he was taught by Gustav Mahler among others. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ( Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) is an Austrian University located in His musical aptitudes enabled him to complete the school's four-year program in only two.

At the age of 16 Steiner wrote and conducted the operetta The Beautiful Greek Girl. Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter At the start of World War I, he was working in London and was classified as an enemy alien but was befriended by the Duke of Westminster and given exit papers. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He arrived in New York City in December 1914 with $32 to his name. The City of New York

Steiner worked in New York for eleven years as a musical director, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor of Broadway operettas and musicals written by Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, and George Gershwin, among others. The title of music director or musical director is used by many Symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music Vincent Youmans ( September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. His credits included George White's Scandals (1922), Lady, Be Good (1924), and Rosalie (1928). George White's Scandals were a long-running string of Broadway Revues produced by George White that ran from 1919-1939 modelled after the Ziegfeld Lady Be Good (title sometimes presented with an Exclamation point) is the title of a Broadway musical play that was written by Guy Bolton, Rosalie is an American musical play first produced in 1928 It was later adapted as a musical film by MGM in 1937

In 1929, Steiner went to Hollywood to orchestrate the European film version of the Florenz Ziegfield show Rio Rita for RKO. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr ( March 21, 1869 &ndash July 22, 1932) called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway The score for King Kong (1933) made Steiner's reputation; it was one of the first American films to have an extensive musical score. King Kong is a landmark Black-and-white Adventure film about a gigantic Gorilla named " Kong " and how he is captured from He conducted the scores for several Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, including Top Hat (1935) and Roberta (1935). Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress For the item of clothing see Top hat. For the fictional TUGS character see Top Hat (TUGS. Roberta is a 1935 Musical film by RKO starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott

Steiner scored hundreds of Hollywood films, and was the most prominent composer in the music department at Warner Bros., where he wrote the famous fanfare that introduced most of the studio's films from 1937 through the early 1950s. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Steiner continued to score Warner films until the mid 1960s; he usually worked with orchestrator Murray Cutter. His final original film score was the 1965 film Two on a Guillotine. Two on a Guillotine is a 1965 American horror/thriller film produced and directed by William Conrad. He also wrote music for several of the television series produced by Warner Brothers.

In 1954, RCA Victor asked Steiner to prepare and conduct an orchestral suite of music from Gone with the Wind for a special LP, which was later issued on CD. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment.

Max Steiner received 26 Academy Award nominations for his work and won three Oscars, for The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944). The Informer is a 1935 dramatic film released by RKO. The plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence set in 1922 Now Voyager is a 1942 American Drama film directed by Irving Rapper. Since You Went Away is a 1944 Film distributed by United Artists.

Steiner died of congestive heart failure in Hollywood. He is entombed in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

After his death, Charles Gerhardt conducted the National Philharmonic Orchestra in an RCA Victor album of highlights from Steiner's career, titled Now Voyager. Charles Gerhardt may refer to Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816&ndash1856 chemist Charles H The National Philharmonic Orchestra is a British Orchestra created exclusively for recording purposes RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Additional selections of Steiner scores were included on other RCA classic film albums during the early 1970s. The quadraphonic recordings were later digitally remastered for Dolby surround sound and released on CD. Quadraphonic (or quadrophonic) sound &ndash the most-widely-used early term for what is now called 4

In 1995, Steiner was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. He has a star located at 1551 Vine Street on the Walk of Fame for his contribution to motion pictures.

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