About this Event
*This event will take place in English*
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the antisemitism of totalitarian regimes compelled many Jewish composers from Central and Eastern Europe into exile. Fleeing pogroms and persecution, they settled in the United States—the new Promised Land—and found their way to Hollywood. Musicians such as Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman, Miklós Rózsa, Bronisław Kaper, Irving Berlin, and Dimitri Tiomkin established their distinctive musical voice there. Trained in the European classical tradition, they fused it with American culture and the idioms of jazz. Bridging the legacy of the “world of yesterday” and the spirit of modernity, they helped shape the art of film scoring and left an enduring imprint on Hollywood’s Golden Age (1930s–1960s).
Program
Max STEINER (1888 - 1971) : A Summer Place - 1959
Max STEINER : Gone with the Wind - 1939
Max STEINER : Jezebel Waltz / Jezebel - 1938
Irving BERLIN (1888 - 1989) : Blue Skies / The Jazz Singer - 1927
Irving BERLIN : There’s No Business Like Show Business / Annie Get Your Gun) 1950
Dimitri TIOMKIN (1894 - 1979) : Dial M for M**der 1954
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897 - 1957) : The Prince and the Pauper Suite - 1937
Bronisław KAPER (1902 - 1983) : The Brothers Karamazov - 1958
Franz WAXMAN (1906 - 1967) : The Bride of Frankenstein Suite - 1935
FRANZ WAXMAN : A Place in the Sun Suite - 1951
Franz WAXMAN : Rear Window theme (Lisa) / Rear Window - 1954
Franz WAXMAN : The Ride to Dubno / Taras Bulba - 1962
Miklós RÓZSA (1907 - 1995) : Ben-Hur Suite - 1959
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Event venue & nearby stays
La Maison Française NYU, 16 Washington Mews, New York, United States
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