Louis Gruenberg
Life and work
Gruenberg, born in 1884 in Brest -Litovsk, had lived since the age of two in the United States. Here he began his musical career and studied piano with Adele Margulies in New York. He then went to Europe, however, and in-depth here his training: In addition to composition studies in Berlin and Vienna, he became a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni and began a successful career as a pianist in 1912. In 1919 he returned to the United States and shifted the focus of his work on the composition. In addition, he was active in various composers associations.
Gruenberg was an exceptionally prolific and versatile composer. He created twelve operas, ballet music, four symphonies, two piano concertos, a violin and a cello concerto, other orchestral works, chamber music for various ensembles, songs and piano music. He was not set in his works to a certain style and tried in many compositions incorporate elements of jazz to contemporary classical music, thanks to his ingenuity and his compositional craft skill he had with this style connection some success. His film music earned him three Oscar nominations.
For director Robert Rossen 1949 he wrote the soundtrack for the film The man who wanted to rule ( All the King's Men) with Broderick Crawford in the lead role, who won an Oscar for his performance.