Hugo Friedhofer : the best years of his life : a Hollywood master of music for the movies

Hugo Friedhofer : the best years of his life : a Hollywood master of music for the movies / edited by Linda Danly.

Other author/creator	Danly, Linda.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Description	xi, 212 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Friedhofer, Hugo. Composers--United States --Biography. Motion picture music--United States --History and criticism. Composers--United States --Biography. Motion picture music--United States.

Series	Filmmakers series ; 66 Filmmakers series ; no. 66. ^A236264
Contents	Introduction / Tony Thomas -- A portrait of Hugo Friedhofer by Linda Danly -- AFI oral history (interview by Irene Kahn Atkins) -- Correspondence with Page Cook -- Epilogue / Gene Lees -- In memoriam / David Raksin.
Abstract	This book surveys the impressive career of one of Hollywood's extraordinary composers of music for the movies. Friedhofer became the leading orchestrator for Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Alfred Newman soon after his 1929 arrival in Hollywood. He went on to compose music for over 120 films, earning 9 Oscar nominations and receiving the award for his masterful score to The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946.
Local note	Little-312254--305131019121R
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	"Hugo Friedhofer filmography": pages 189-204.
LCCN	98050959
ISBN	0810835827 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk	ML410.F87 H84 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold