Heinz Provost

Heinz Provost

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699087/bio

Ferdinand Heinrich Proboscht was born in Vienna, Austria in 1890 or 1891 (sources vary). Provost was in Sweden when a competition was held for a piece of music to be used in the film Intermezzo (1936). He won with his composition "Souvenir of Vienna" which was renamed "Intermezzo" to tie in with the film. When David O. Selznick remade the film as Intermezzo (1939), Provost's composition was retained as its main theme, and he became wealthy from the royalties. In the late 1940s he settled in Stockholm, Sweden, where he died in 1959.

Heinz Provost - Intermezzo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1e9-JLfSuQ

Souvenir de Vienne

Heinz Provost (1890 or 1891 in Vienna, Austria, died in 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden). He was an Austrian composer.

Intermezzo

Toscha Seidel, violin and Eugene Kusmiak, piano

Intermezzo (also called Intermezzo: A Love Story) (1939) is a romantic film made in the USA by Selznick International Pictures and nominated for two Academy Awards. It was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by David O. Selznick. It is a remake of the Swedish film Intermezzo (1936) and features multiple orchestrations of the Heinz Provost's piece of the same name, which won a contest associated with the original film's production. The screenplay by George O'Neil was based on the screenplay of the original film by Gösta Stevens and Gustaf Molander. The scoring by Lou Forbes was nominated for an Academy Award, and music credit was given to Robert Russell Bennett, Max Steiner, Heinz Provost, and Christian Sinding. The cinematography by Gregg Toland who replaced Harry Stradling was also nominated for an Academy Award.

It stars Leslie Howard as a (married) virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist, played by Ingrid Bergman in her Hollywood debut.

Martin Stoner - Heinz Provost: "Intermezzo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF7c8lhtZMo

Eugene Kusmiak, piano photos