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Alexander Steinert

Overview

  • Born
    September 21, 1900 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    July 9, 1982 · New York, New York, USA
  • Birth name
    Alexander Lang Steinert
  • Height
    5′ 11″ (1.80 m)

Mini bio

  • Heir of the family that made Steinway pianos. His father brought Nathan Milstein, Gregor Piatagorski, and Vladimir Horowitz to the United States. Steinert had a long career in music as a conductor, and he wrote a lot of music for film.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Butch Butcheson (butcheson@yahoo.com)

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  • Spouse
      Sylvia Curtis (divorced, 1 child)

Trivia

  • Was the heir of the family that created Steinway pianos.
  • In Hollywood from circa 1936.
  • Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 23 September 1942 during World War II.
  • In the late 1950s and possibly into the 1960s he was employed by CBS as a music programmer. This involved selecting pre recorded musical snippets that would fit the action of various scenes.
  • Studied with Ravel and was a winner of the Grand Prix de Rome.

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