Hugo Riesenfeld
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violinist, conductor, composer
Personal Info
- Birth Place
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born January 26, 1879
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died September 10, 1939 (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Education Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Occupations violinist, conductor, composer
Known for film scoring
Spouse Mabel Gertrude Dunning
Children Janet Alcoriza
Awards Oscar nominations for Musical Director and Best Music for Make a Wish (1937)
Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879 – September 10, 1939) was an Austrian-American composer. As a film director, he began to write his own orchestral compositions for silent films in 1917, and co-created modern production techniques where film scoring serves an integral part of the action. Riesenfeld composed about 100 film scores in his career.
His most successful compositions were for Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1917), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The King of Kings (1927); D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); and the original scores to F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Tabu (1931).
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died September 10, 1939 (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Education Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Occupations violinist, conductor, composer
Known for film scoring
Spouse Mabel Gertrude Dunning
Children Janet Alcoriza
Awards Oscar nominations for Musical Director and Best Music for Make a Wish (1937)
Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879 – September 10, 1939) was an Austrian-American composer. As a film director, he began to write his own orchestral compositions for silent films in 1917, and co-created modern production techniques where film scoring serves an integral part of the action. Riesenfeld composed about 100 film scores in his career.
His most successful compositions were for Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1917), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The King of Kings (1927); D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); and the original scores to F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Tabu (1931).
Life & Career Details
Born January 26, 1879
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died September 10, 1939 (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Education Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Occupations violinist, conductor, composer
Known for film scoring
Spouse Mabel Gertrude Dunning
Children Janet Alcoriza
Awards Oscar nominations for Musical Director and Best Music for Make a Wish (1937)
Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879 – September 10, 1939) was an Austrian-American composer. As a film director, he began to write his own orchestral compositions for silent films in 1917, and co-created modern production techniques where film scoring serves an integral part of the action. Riesenfeld composed about 100 film scores in his career.
His most successful compositions were for Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1917), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The King of Kings (1927); D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); and the original scores to F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Tabu (1931).
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died September 10, 1939 (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Education Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Occupations violinist, conductor, composer
Known for film scoring
Spouse Mabel Gertrude Dunning
Children Janet Alcoriza
Awards Oscar nominations for Musical Director and Best Music for Make a Wish (1937)
Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879 – September 10, 1939) was an Austrian-American composer. As a film director, he began to write his own orchestral compositions for silent films in 1917, and co-created modern production techniques where film scoring serves an integral part of the action. Riesenfeld composed about 100 film scores in his career.
His most successful compositions were for Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1917), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The King of Kings (1927); D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); and the original scores to F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Tabu (1931).
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