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Austrian-born American music composer and conductor (1888–1971)
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Max Steiner was an Austrian-born conductor, composer, screenwriter, and film score composer. Born in Vienna in 1888, he held citizenship in Austria–Hungary and the United States. He was educated at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and spoke English and German. His work period began in 1904, and he recorded for the RCA Victor label.
Steiner died of heart failure in Beverly Hills in 1971. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. His compositions spanned opera and film music, earning him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging or conducting, when he was fifteen. Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO…
Known for
- Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music — Self (archive footage)2019
- Hollywood's Musical Moods — Self1976
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1888
- Active to
- 1971
Discography
- King Richard and the Crusaders - The Complete Original Film Score1954
- Band of Angels1957
- Marjorie Morningstar1958
- Marjorie Morningstar1958
- John Paul Jones1959
- Gone With the Wind1961
- Parrish (Motion Picture Soundtrack)1961
- Popular Piano Concertos of the Great Love Themes from "Parrish"1961
- The Main Theme from "Gone with the Wind" (Tara's Theme) / The Main Theme from "Gone with the Wind" (Tara's Theme)1961
- Sound Track Music From The Warner Bros. Picture "Rome Adventure" And Other Neapolitan Favorites1962
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- 50,740
- Total plays
- 366,091
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Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian composer who achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores. As a child he was astonishingly musically gifted, composing complex works as a teenager and completing the course of study at Vienna's Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in only one year, at the age of sixteen. He studied under Gustav Mahler and, before the age of twenty, made his living as a conductor and as composer of works
Key facts
- Born
- Maximilian Raoul Steiner , ( 1888-05-10 ) 10 May 1888, Vienna , Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
- Died
- 28 December 1971 (1971-12-28) (aged 83), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Composer, arranger, conductor
- Years active
- 1907–1965
- Labels
- Warner Bros. Pictures RKO Radio Pictures
- Spouses
- Beatrice Steiner (m. 1912–?) Aubrey Steiner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1933 ) ; Louise Klos ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1946 ) ; Leonette "Lee" Steiner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 – 1971 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Family name
- Steiner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Record label
- RCA Victor
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- date of birth
- 1888-05-10
- date of death
- 1971-12-28
- cause of death
- heart failure
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Max Steiner
- start of work period
- 1904-00-00
- different from
- Max Stirner
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Max Steiner
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- name in native language
- Maximilian Raoul Steiner
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