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John W. Waxman was born on 2 June 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009), The John Garfield Story (2003) and Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood (2024).
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Lights, Camera, Music! Franz Waxman, 1906–1967: A Biographical Memoir by John W. Waxman. Franz Waxman led a variety of musical lives as composer, conductor, and impresario. He was born in Konigshutte, Upper Silesia, Germany, on 24 December 1906, and was the youngest of seven children.
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Jun 17, 2010 · Most of the European-émigré composers in films were Jewish, yet none shunned Wagner despite his associations with Hitler, says Waxman’s son, John W. Waxman. “They recognized Hitler for...
Dec 2, 2008 · The Sound of Hollywood’s Golden Age. John Waxman, who makes film music available to orchestras all over the world, says that the popularity of film music has grown tremendously since 1980....
FRANZ WAXMAN 1906-1967. A Biographical Memoir by John W. Waxman [Photo at right: Last portrait of Franz Waxman, taken by Boris Goldenberg in 1965, for the premiere of The Song of Terezín at the Cincinnati May Festival.] Franz Waxman led a variety of musical lives as composer, conductor and impresario.
He had a son, John Waxman; John had two children, Josh and Alyce Waxman; and Josh had three children, Andrew, Christopher, and Grace Waxman. Waxman died from cancer in February 1967, two months after his sixtieth birthday. His legacy contains over 150 film scores and an abundant collection of concert works. Legacy
German born, American-Jewish composer, Franz Waxman conducts a rehearsal of the "We Will Never Die" pageant in the Hollywood Bowl. Hollywood, CA, 1943. — Courtesy of John W. Waxman.
