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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.
Apr 5, 2016 · Benjamin Frankel: Symphony No 3, Op 40 (1964). Benjamin Frankel - New Philharmonia. recorded for radio broadcast.
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.
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.
Jul 5, 2019 · In Switzerland he finally found the peace to engage in serious (er) music. In 15 years (Frankel died in 1973) he composed eight symphonies and one opera. Benjamin Frankel was born in London in 1906 into a Polish-Jewish family. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a watchmaker.
Benjamin Frankel: Main Title music from "Portrait from Life" (1948).Conducted by Muir Mathieson. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Benjamin Frankel has 25 books on Goodreads with 60 ratings. Benjamin Frankel’s most popular book is Roots of Realism (Cass Series on Security).
