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Waxman received a second consecutive Oscar for A Place in the Sun (1951). However, while awards for film music highlighted the beginning of the 1950s, Waxman now began to write serious works for the concert hall. The Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani came in 1955 and 1959 saw the completion of Waxman's oratorio Joshua.
In May 1947, Franx Waxman organized, directed, and underwrote a series of concerts with the name “Beverly Hills Music Festival.”. By 1949, this venture was renamed the Los Angeles Music Festival and that year’s concerts were billed as the “third annual season.”.
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Franz Waxman (1906–1967): Between Film Music and the Concert Hall - Ingeborg Zechner - Musikwissenschaftlerin. Projekte. Franz Waxman (1906–1967): Between Film Music and the Concert Hall. This project is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): project no.: P 33029. Objectives.
Dec 2, 2008 · 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 ...
Mar 8, 2020 · The catalogue of German American composer Franz Waxman is a formidable collection of work for the modern concert hall, encompassing not only the film scores for which he is best known, but concert works of great significance for orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble.
The catalogue of German-American composer Franz Waxman is a formidable collection of work for the modern concert hall, encompassing not only the film scores for which he is best known, but concert works of great significance for orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble.
In addition to his considerable work as a composer for the cinema, Waxman wrote for the concert hall (including an oratorio, Joshua, and a song cycle, The Song of Terezin) and was an important part of the cultural life of Los Angeles.
