The composer in Hollywood
By: Christopher Palmer.
Publisher: Marion Boyars; Distributed in the United States and in Canada by Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Motion picture music -- History and criticism; Music -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
Description: This book discusses eleven composers' lives and work during the "Golden Age of Hollywood"(Steiner, Korngold, Newman, Waxman, Tiomkin, Webb, Rosza, Herrman, North, Bernstein and Rosenman) and analyzes the scores of many well-known films almost scene by scene.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-331) and indexes.