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Franz Waxman led a variety of musical lives as composer, conductor, and impresario. He was born in Konigshutte, Upper Silesia, Germany, on December 24, 1906, and was the youngest of six children. No one in the family was musical except Franz, who started piano lessons at the age of seven.
Franz Waxman was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His 150 film scores include Bride of Frankenstein , Rebecca , Sunset Boulevard , A Place in the Sun , Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , The Philadelphia Story , Rear Window , Crime in the Streets , The Spirit of St. Louis , Peyton ...
In October 2017, the City of Opole in Poland unveiled a plaque to honor Franz Waxman at the home where he lived with his family from 1915 until he left for Dresden to attend music school. The plaque was unveiled by Mayor Arkadiusz Wiśniewski. In conjunction with the unveiling, Silesian television aired a brief documentary on his early life in ...
Movements. A Dramatic Song Cycle For Mezzo Soprano, Mixed & Children’s Choruses & Orchestra 45:00. aka Das Lied von Terezin. 1. On A Sunday Evening / An einem sonnigen Abend – Adagio 3:53. 2. Forgotten / Versunken – Moderato 6:29. 3. The Little Mouse / Das Mauschen – Allegro 1:51.
Franz Waxman. Franz Waxman (ne Washsmann; December 24, 1906 - February 24, 1967) is a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre.
For Franz Waxman’s Oratorio “Joshua” is big. It is big in its musical forces, big in its impact, big in its ideas and exaltation.” The Oratorio is dedicated to the memory of Alice Waxman and was first performed on May 23, 1959 with the Temple Emanu-El Choir, conducted by Samuel Adler, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in the sanctuary of ...
The Metro Goldwyn Mayer Fanfare was composed by Franz Waxman and first heard before the “Main Title” of Fritz Lang’s Fury (1936); the first of seven Spencer Tracy films Waxman would score . It has introduced Metro Goldwyn Mayer films over the decades with the help of “Leo the Lion” who can also be heard in the first contemporary ...
