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For Franz Waxman’s Oratorio “Joshua” is big. It is big in its musical forces, big in its impact, big in its ideas and exaltation.” The Oratorio is dedicated to the memory of Alice Waxman and was first performed on May 23, 1959 with the Temple Emanu-El Choir, conducted by Samuel Adler, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in the sanctuary of ...
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Franz Waxman “created” his “Carmen” and “Tristan & Isolde” Fantasies for the film Humoresque (Warner Brothers, 1947) for John Garfield to “play” on screen to Isaac Stern’s recording on the soundtrack. Jascha Heifetz saw the Joan Crawford – Oscar Levant melodrama with a screenplay by Clifford Odets based on the famous Fannie ...
26 year old violinist from Ukraine Oleksii Semenenko performing Franz Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’ in the Semi-Finals of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International ...
Dec 2, 2008 · 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.
Waxman’s score for Rear Window (Paramount, 1954) was actually a brilliant and carefully orchestrated collection of popular songs and melodies designed to provide a backdrop to the action. In addition to the conventional film accompaniment, much of the score is intended to serve as diegetic background music heard in the apartment complex.
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.
