They All Came to Hollywood

06/03/2007 15 min
They All Came to Hollywood

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Episode Synopsis

Hollywood is heir to the European musical traditions. The classic films
were scored by composers trained in Europe and schooled in the
classical traditions and by immigrant composers who escaped Germany
after their work was denounced by the Nazis as "degenerate music" (Entartete Musik).
Works Discussed: Bernard Herrmann: Psycho, Vertigo; Erich Korngold: Robin Hood; Aaron Copland: Red Pony; Virgil Thompson: The Plow that Broke the Plains