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Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of His Life
Linda Danly
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Description for Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of His Life
Paperback. A survey of the impressive career of Hugo Friedhofer, composer for Hollywood movies. His life is examined through essays, personal letters, and interviews with film historians and friends of the composer, but the largest contribution is by Friedhofer himself in the form of an oral history. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life 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. Friedhofer's life is examined through essays, personal letters, and interviews with film historians and friends of the composer. The largest contribution is by Friedhofer ... Read more
Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life 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. Friedhofer's life is examined through essays, personal letters, and interviews with film historians and friends of the composer. The largest contribution is by Friedhofer ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810844780
SKU
V9780810844780
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About Linda Danly
Linda Danly is a composer and film music historian. She teaches the history of film music at the University of Southern California. Other published writings include biographical essays on screen composers Herbert Stothart, Leigh Harline, and Fran Churchill for the American National Biography, Oxford University Press.
Reviews for Hugo Friedhofer - The Best Years of His Life
...the career of Hugo Friedhofer is brought to life for the first time through this collection of essays, personal letters and interviews...an appropriate and valuable appreciation of a life well spent in film music.
Soundtrack
I recommend Danly's The Best Years of His Life...it is an appealing and accessible introduction to Friedhofer.
Journal of Film Music
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Soundtrack
I recommend Danly's The Best Years of His Life...it is an appealing and accessible introduction to Friedhofer.
Journal of Film Music
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