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He studied in Berlin under Xaver Scharwenka. [2] Axt made his American debut as a conductor on December 28, 1910. [2] He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was a musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929. [citation needed]
William Axt. Dr. William Axt was born April 19, 1888 in New York, NY. He was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, studied at the National Conservatory in New York, and had private music study in Berlin.
The public reaction to my performances indicates that most of the films do indeed work with their original scores. (The score by David Mendoza and William Axt for King Vidor’s 1926 La Bohème is the exception.) I was and still am motivated by simple curiosity about the role the music played.
William Axt was an American composer and conductor. He was born in New York City, New York on April 19, 1888. He earned his Doctor of Music from the University of Chicago in 1922 and served as a conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and Capitol Theatre. In 1929 he joined the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), composing ...
Budget. $232,400 [1] Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 American pre-Code political fantasy film starring Walter Huston as a genial but politically corrupt U.S. President who has a near-fatal automobile accident and comes under divine influence—specifically the Archangel Gabriel and the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.
William Axt. Composer: The Thin Man. Composer and conductor, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, and in private music study in Berlin. He was the assistant conductor at the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company in New York, and conducted for Emma Trentini between 1914-1918.
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William Axt. Composer: The Thin Man. Composer and conductor, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, and in private music study in Berlin. He was the assistant conductor at the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company in New York, and conducted for Emma Trentini between 1914-1918. He was musical director at the Capitol Theatre in New York, and later headed the music department at MGM. He joined ASCAP ...
