Franz Waxman
Film score, Composer
1906 – 1967
Who was Franz Waxman?
Franz Waxman - born Franz Wachsmann - was a German-born, Jewish-American composer, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. Waxman was the composer of such film scores as The Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, and Rear Window. He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua, and The Song of Terezin, a work for orchestra, chorus, and children's chorus based upon poetry written by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Waxman also founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947 with which he conducted a number of West Coast premieres by fellow film composers, and concert composers alike.
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- Born
- Dec 24, 1906
Chorzów - Also known as
- Franz Wachsmann
- F. Wachsmann
- F. Waxman
- Spouses
- Alice Schachmann
( - 1957/09/13)
- Alice Schachmann
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- United States of America
- German Empire
- German Reich
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 24, 1967
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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