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Auf der Fassade des Hauses Praterstraße 72 ist eine steinerne Gedenktafel mit folgender Inschrift angebracht:
In diesem Haus wurde am 10. Mai 1888
Max Steiner
geboren. Seine Karriere begann in "Venedig in Wien", der Theater- und Vergnügungsstadt im Prater. 1914 wurde er Kapellmeister am Broadway. 1929 führender Filmkomponist - "Gone with the Wind", "Casablanca" - in Hollywood, wo er am 28. Dezember 1971 verstorben ist.
Die Erste
Österreichische Spar-Casse-Bank
1988
Max Steiner:
Maximilian Raoul „Max“ Steiner (* 10. Mai 1888 in Wien; † 28. Dezember 1971 in Beverly Hills, Kalifornien) war ein österreichisch-amerikanischer Komponist, der zu den erfolgreichsten und einflussreichsten Filmmusikkomponisten der Kinogeschichte zählt und auch als „Vater der Filmmusik“ beschrieben wird. Er erhielt insgesamt 24 Oscarnominierungen und gewann den Preis dreimal. Berühmt sind seine Partituren zu Vom Winde verweht, King Kong und die weiße Frau, Casablanca sowie für Die Sommerinsel. Bei King Kong und die weiße Frau unterlegte er 1933 erstmals in der Filmgeschichte Dialoge mit Musik.
Quelle und weitere Informationen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Wyspianski
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On the facade of the house Praterstraße 72 is a stone memorial plaque with the following inscription:
In this house
Max Steiner
was born on May 10, 1888. His career began in "Venedig in Wien" (Venice in Vienna), the theater and entertainment city in the Prater. In 1914 he became Kapellmeister on Broadway. 1929 leading film composer - "Gone with the Wind", "Casablanca" - in Hollywood, where he died on 28 December 1971.
Die Erste
Österreichische Spar-Casse-Bank
(Austrian savings bank)
1988
Max Steiner:
Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films, as well as a conductor. 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 worked in England, then Broadway, and in 1929 he moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. He was referred to as "the father of film music". Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films, along with composers Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, and Miklós Rózsa.
Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO Pictures and Warner Bros., and was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning three: The Informer (1935); Now, Voyager (1942); and Since You Went Away (1944). Besides his Oscar-winning scores, some of Steiner's popular works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), and Casablanca (1942), though he did not score its love theme, As Time Goes By. In addition, Steiner scored The Searchers (1956), A Summer Place (1959), and Gone with the Wind (1939), which ranked second on AFI's list of best American film scores, and the film score for which he is best known.
He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score for Life with Father. Steiner was a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous film directors in history, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford, and William Wyler, and scored many of the films with Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Fred Astaire. Many of his film scores are available as separate soundtrack recordings.
Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Steiner