Max Steiner: Composing, Casablanca, and the Golden Age of Film Music

By Peter Wegele

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. The author also compares Steiner's work with several of his contemporaries, including Hugo Friedhofer, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, and Franz Waxman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442231130
• ISBN13: 9781442231139
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"