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Benjamin Frankel (31 January 1906 – 12 February 1973) was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola. He was also notable for writing over 100 film scores and working as a big band arranger in the 1930s.
Benjamin Frankel. Composer: Battle of the Bulge. Composer, conductor, arranger and music director. Trained Cologne, Berlin and London (at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama). From the age of seventeen, earned a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, among others, Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Orpheans and Henry Hall's BBC Dance ...
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Benjamin Frankel - Biography by Dimitri Kennaway. THE WATCHMAKER'S APPRENTICE. Born London, 31st January 1906; died there, 12th February 1973. Composer, conductor and pianist etc. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker at fourteen but, after one year, began serious studies with the American pianist Victor Benham, first in London, later in Cologne.
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Benjamin Frankel: Main & End Title music from The Man in the White Suit (1951). Conducted by Ernest Irving-The Philharmonia Orchestra.
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Jul 5, 2019 · Benjamin Frankel was born in London in 1906 into a Polish-Jewish family. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a watchmaker. Luckily for him, his talent was soon discovered. For a while he played with the idea of becoming a Jewish composer alla Bloch.
Benjamin Frankel - Wise Music Classical. 1906 - 1973. British. Summary. News. Performances. Photos. Discography. The transformation of Benjamin Frankel is one of the most remarkable phenomena of twentieth century music.
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