Franz Waxman: Zwischen Filmmusik und Konzertsaal

Abstract

This book examines musical careers in the 20th century, focusing on the Hollywood composer Franz Waxman (1906–1967). The perspective "between film music and the concert hall" illuminates both the composer's diverse professional fields and the media transfer of his film scores. The first comprehensive monograph on the composer Franz Waxman (1906–1967) offers a new perspective on Hollywood film music from the 1930s to the 1960s, as well as on the music history of the 20th century, spanning modernism, the canonized concert culture of the long 19th century, and contemporary popular music.