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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. During the last 15 years of his life, Frankel ...
Benjamin Frankel 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. During the last 15 years of his life, Frankel also developed his own style of 12-note composition which retained contact with tonality.
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Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973) Benjamin Frankel. 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 Orchestra.
- Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- January 31, 1906
- Benjamin Frankel
- February 12, 1973
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. At seventeen he returned to England and earned a living in jazz (as violinist ...
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 Orchestra. Entered films in 1934, ultimately working on ...
May 31, 2020 · FRANKEL--Benjamin. Benjamin Harrison Frankel was born on November 13, 1930 in Trenton, NJ, to Fannie (Lavine) and Abraham Frankel and passed away on May 27, 2020 at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.
The transformation of Benjamin Frankel is one of the most remarkable phenomena of twentieth century music. He first came to the public notice between the wars as a jazz and club musician and composer of music for films and reviews of a predominantly flippant nature, yet long before his untimely death in February 1973 he was one of the most respected and admired of symphonists.
