Max Steiner
Subtitle: composing, Casablanca, and the golden age of film music
By: Peter Wegele
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781442231139
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Composers; Motion picture music; History and criticism; Biography; Analysis, appreciation
Work titles: Filmkomponist Max Steiner (1888-1971)
Description: 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.
Notes: Translation of: Der Filmkomponist Max Steiner (1888-1971). Wien : Böhlau Verlag, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249), filmography (pages 221-241), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The life of Max Steiner; title: Casablanca; title: Appendix A. Comparison of Max Steiner with Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, and Hugo Friedhofer; title: Appendix B. Awards and honors.