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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. No one in the family was musical except Franz, who started piano lessons at the age of seven.
One of the most haunting scores of all time, master film composer Franz Waxman wrote this chilling masterpiece for Alfred Hitchcock's only Best Picture Oscar...
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Waxman’s tango theme for Sunset Boulevard is based on a scene in the film in which Norma Desmond makes reference to a polished floor in her mansion, where Valentino danced the tango. Waxman noted, “ [Since] this is the atmosphere in which she lives today (1950), I took this little bit of characterization as inspiration.”.
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26 year old violinist from Ukraine Oleksii Semenenko performing Franz Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’ in the Semi-Finals of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International ...
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Oct 5, 2023 · Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967) was a German American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasie for violin and orchestra, based on musical themes from the Bizet opera Carmen, and for his musical scores for films like the "Bride of Frankenstein" from 1935.
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. No one in the family was musical except Franz, who started piano lessons at the ...
