"Suddenly, you're sitting there with Erich Korngold's notes scribbled on a napkin, composing a Viennese Waltz, crossing it out and then recomposing it. But it's quite different to go into these archives and open old, dusty boxes," Hope said of his time spent with the composers' history. Extensive archives at Paramount Studios in Hollywood turned up an unbelievable treasury filled with hand-written correspondence, scored notes, letters. Curious, he followed the trail of the immigrants through Hollywood, interviewing their children, grandchildren and surviving relatives. Much as a cultural archaeologist might do, Hope delved into the biographies, archives and personal estates of the artists. His original aim was to uncover music pieces for a new CD recording but it quickly became clear that he'd hit upon an entirely new project. The list was long: Friedrich Hollaender, Erich Korngold, Franz Wachsmann, Max Steiner, Werner Richard Heymann. Fifteen years ago, Hope began to dig more deeply into the biographies of Jewish musicians, especially composers of German and Austrian heritage who migrated to Hollywood. Yet the violinist has long been curious about his Jewish family, which traces its roots back to Berlin. Born in South Africa in 1973, Daniel Hope was raised in England.
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